The aim of the work is to explore the various definitions and conceptions of the “internal”, not only as related to the human body but also it’s relationship to the mind. The work exists within the play of interpreting the “internal” as the inside of the body represented by the essence of human organs and a more metaphysical idea of the internal as related to the mind. It defines and constructs a place for meditation, creativity and self-examination, all actions encompassing private dialogue that claims the body as an intimate private space. The investigation of such a general and abstract word can only be guided through the implementation of a contention structure, which so far has been the human body. The dialogue between science and metaphysics is what makes the work interesting because one is informing the other in distinct ways, making it possible for the work to navigate from suggestiverepresentational and the somewhat abstract.

The intention is not to study the human anatomy or its organs but to reveal the experience of the internal as a metaphysical state of the mind that could be explained by borrowing scientific understandings of the human body.

“Printmaking” is not only defined by “ink on paper”. It is the exploration and interpretation of surfaces and its possible constructions within a specific space, contemplating ideas of chromatic applications and reflections. All images have the possibility to arise from the surface of the paper, extending and floating as if liberated from gravity.

Lucha Rodriguez was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She earned her BFA in Graphic Design from The Art Institute of Atlanta, where she graduated with the Award of Outstanding Academic Achievements-2006. She is currently a MFA candidate in Printmaking at The Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta. Rodriguez’s print work has been shown in Mexico, India, France and the United States. She has produced various “pink projects” ranging from etchings, monoprints, serigraphies, to immersive surreal environments. Rodriguez develops series of organ inspired “Creaturettes” which expand into her own extravagant symbolism related to the body as an internal space.