Introduction
Since her time in undergraduate studies at Albany State University, to her time spent at the Visual Studies Workshop as a graduate student and on to today, Patti Ambrogi has taken on concepts of female identity, social conception, public prerogative, movement and censorship as elementary themes to her artwork. Her methods for delivering these topics to the viewer have engaged her in experimental printing processes, working with live dancers as both photographer and choreographer, crafting alternative viewing spaces that cater to their medium (Media Café project at RIT) and being at the center of controversy due to misperception and social paranoia. The images selected here from the Visual Studies Workshop Research Center typify the extraordinary level of effort and craft that goes into Ambrogi’s artwork. In these images through keen manipulation of her process and craft she “holds the hand” of the viewer, guiding them through her topic of choice. Ambrogi helps the viewer to examine subject matter that our politically correct society has taught us to ignore rather than confront and understand for fear that some individual may take exception to what is in our head.
About Patti Ambrogi
Patti Ambrogi, VSW Student file photo
Patti Ambrogi attended the Visual Studies Workshop as a graduate student from 1972 to 1976 after graduating from Albany State University with her BA. From her earlier work to her most recent, Ambrogi has dealt with concepts of female identity, social conception, public prerogative, movement and censorship. Ambrogi has likened the message of her work to “confronting and altering conventions.” Her sources of inspiration have stemmed from the print and broadcast media and, simply put, the world that has surrounded her. ML
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About the Exhibition
Movement: Selections from the First Decade of the Visual Studies Workshop is an online exhibition showcasing an assortment of over 100 pieces from working artists affiliated with the Visual Studies Workshop in the 1970s. These selected artists demonstrate the early years of a revolutionary new institution. [Read More]
