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Dominic Quagliozzi

Drawings Aren't Meant to Hurt
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Description

Maker

Dominic Quagliozzi (b. 1982)

Title

Drawings Aren't Meant to Hurt
from the series, The Fragility Drawings

Year

2022

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Sheet: 52.3 x 71.1 cm (20 9/16 x 28 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

2022.85

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Variance
Making, Unmaking, and Remaking Disability
Feb 01, 2022 – Oct 09, 2022

Label copy

Boldly written words-“Drawings Aren’t Meant to Hurt”-contrast here with the delicate, floating paper on which they are transcribed. Dominic Quagliozzi made this drawing using the kind of tissue paper that lines exam tables in doctor’s offices and hospitals. Throughout the treatment of his cystic fibrosis, Quagliozzi has spent a lot of time around this type of paper, and in this work he invokes the vulnerability experienced in medical spaces. He explains,

The chronically ill and disabled community... are always having to prove our worth or show that we matter, when in reality, we are enough as is,” he explains. “Using materials from my hospital stays,...I wanted to present my reality. These are the materials of my life-it just so happened that COVID has now made those materials much more universal.

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Dominic Quagliozzi (b. 1982)
Drawings Aren't Meant to Hurt; from the series, The Fragility Drawings, 2022
Graphite and thread on clinic-room tissue paper
Sheet: 52.3 x 71.1 cm (20 9/16 x 28 inches)
Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund 2022.85

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