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Suspended between one world and another lies Kristen Giorgi’s Architecture of Escape. Light shimmers through corridors of color, and the boundary between built space and imagination begins to blur. The collection exists in a liminal state—where release meets control, and freedom gives rise to form.
Each painting begins with a release—loose washes of acrylic and impulsive gestures forming a terrain alive with potential. Through subsequent layers of oil, architectural forms emerge like dreams finding structure. Portals and thresholds bring clarity to what began as chaos. "I love the rhythm of starting with release and ending with control," Giorgi explains. "I need space for freedom before I can shape it into something stable."
Through cycles of layering, dissolving, and rebuilding, Giorgi's exploration of architecture and memory gains new depth. The compositions appear both anchored and ephemeral, suspended between what was and what might be. Planes of color suggest walls and passageways, yet their edges dissolve into sky, opening into worlds that feel at once otherworldly and familiar.
Architecture of Escape invites a quiet transformation. “It’s the pause in a doorway,” she says, “the moment you realize you can cross into somewhere else.” We’re left lingering at the threshold, invited to step through, and to glimpse the transformation waiting on the other side.