Artist Statement: My design is directly inspired by Group of Four Trees by Jean Debuffet, as well as the rest of his L’Hourloupe series. This series (including Group of Four Trees) originated in Debuffet drawing these organic and freeform sketches with black ink on white paper. I love these undulating graphic forms and in my piano design I am recreating these motifs while shifting the color palette slightly. I think that this piano will pair beautifully with the original Group of Four Trees sculpture. I think the black and white graphics connect with the atmosphere of Liberty Plaza, while the curvy lines and warm colors help bring a sense of play and hope to the space.
Brooklyn based artist Arianna Santoriello is a painter and fiber artist with an affinity for saturated colors, repetitive patterns and working with used materials. Creating patterns full of repetitive shapes is a meditation for Arianna and a common theme within all her work. She uses the digits in phone numbers and other collected personal data to dictate certain aspects of her placement of shapes and colors in each piece. By doing this she relinquishes some control in her process to open up space for mystery to arrive.=
