Diena Georgetti

Diena Georgetti
Australian, born 1966; lives and works in Melbourne

AMPERSAND 2020
synthetic polymer paint on canvas, custom frame
Geelong Gallery
Geelong contemporary art prize (winner), 2021
Courtesy of the artist and The Commercial, Sydney

Statement:

INTRODUCE ME AMPERSAND
to the reduplicated SOUL to SOUL of you
fold me within the hidden alone of you
so that I may operate within the unevolved evolution within you

CONNECT ME AMPERSAND
toward an optional possibility of me
a less non-exposing single double number one of me
so that I may fortify the overemotional non-motion within me

STRENGTHEN ME AMPERSAND
amid the world-shattered weakened world of us
formed by a past and future tense with us
so that we may rate the return of an unending life of time within us

*AND used to ‘introduce’ another comment or interjection
*AND used to ‘connect’ words of the same part of speech
*AND used to ‘strengthen’ by repeating a word in conjunction
*The very first AMPERSAND was a ligature—that is, a character consisting of two or more letters joined together. Its creator joined the letters e and t, of the Latin word et, meaning ‘and’ ... ‘and per se, and’ eventually evolved into AMPERSAND.