Eaves is Julia Maiuri’s new body of work exploring exterior architecture, intimate interiors, and the human figure as depicted in film. Her layered, atmospheric paintings draw on cinematic techniques like dissolves and mind screens to evoke time, memory, and introspection.
In Eaves, architectural elements mirror cinema’s role as shelter and projection. The overhanging eaves of a house become a metaphor for memory—spaces both protective and uncanny. Figures drift between states: in New House and Lying Down, ghostly forms fade into the background while a translucent head hovers in quiet alertness.
Maiuri blurs the line between figure and structure: in Next of Kin, a nude form leans into a roof’s pitch; in Three Houses, a nose morphs into a spire. Her references span 1950s–80s cinema, with works layering stills from Manhunter, Inferno, Badlands, and Summer with Monika, creating fragmented yet resonant compositions that deepen the emotional terrain of her subjects.
