Art from Alzheimer’s

“Axial 1” (acrylic on canvas), by Lowell, Mass.-based Diana Zipeto, in her show “Resonance,’’ at Galatea Fine Art, Boston, Dec. 2-Jan. 8

She tells the gallery:

"An MRI machine creates images by sending out signals that the body's cells respond to. The map of these responses offers an impossible view, allowing doctors and scientists to see, diagnose and understand the body.

“The paintings in this exhibit are based on the MRI scans that led to my father's Alzheimer's diagnosis. This ongoing project has given me an opportunity to learn from scientists and neurologists about Alzheimer's and MRI, and provided a way for me to try to navigate this disease that profoundly affects so many families, now including my own.

“The ability of science to look inside for answers and the wish to do so is something my father, as a scientist and engineer, has always believed in. As an artist and creator, I have believed in something similar. The view you get will not provide all the answers or necessary cures, but there is a beauty in the asking."

Liberty isn't inevitable

“Liberty III (Nothing is Inevitable)” (acrylic on canvas), by Diana Zipeto, in her show “Tectonics,’’ at Galatea Fine Art, Boston, Jan. 1-Feb. 2. She told the gallery:

"My folded paper paintings investigate issues of freedom and equality. The paintings express these ideals as both formidable and fragmented, unshakable and vulnerable, solid and uncertain.

“Starting with paper photographs, I fold the images to give them a new 3rd dimension, communicating both disruption and resilience. The ability to fold and reconfigure uncovers new meanings in familiar images. I make large paintings of the fragile paper constructions to fix transitional moments in a solid form.

“As an American female raised in the 1980s, I grew up in a time when liberty and equality seemed inevitable and always advancing. My paintings question that inevitability, and look at the uncertainty and possibility in our new era."