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artscope 37, March/April 2012
ARTISTS
IN ACTION
An Image of an Artist at work
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Your
work could be artscope magazine's next centerfold.
Work by established and emerging artists welcome.
For the May/June issue, we will be accepting submissions of Artists in Action: selling their work at art festivals or open studio events, interacting with the public at gallery openings or creating in their studios. Please send up to three digital images, minimum 300dpi, and your statement to: centerfold@artscopemagazine.com, no later than February 15, 2012.
Though
smaller files should be submitted, images must be available to be reproduced
up to 12" x 18," dependant on dimensions of work. Entries
not following these specifications will not be considered.
No resumes please; the cover piece will be selected based on visual and/or
conceptual quality, by a jury of one artscope staff member, and two New England
art professionals.
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artscope 36, January/February 2012
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art: Perpetuity
artist: Liang Guo
medium: oil on canvas
artist statement: Painting is a way to express my opinions, is a carrier for my spirits, and is a tool to show my thinking and philosophy. Realism painting is much better to express the abstract thinking and profound philosophy. In my paintings, I turn the space of human life into the space of think, into the space of soul, into the expression of inner spirit.
More of Guo's work may be seen at liang-guo.com
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artscope 35, November/December 2011
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art: street art boston
artist: Ron Caplain
medium: digital photograph
artist statement: This picture was done in the South End of Boston-- at the time I was very interested in street art and street murals-- the colors and the design of the basketball court juxtaposed again this mural was what had caught my eye.
More of Caplain's work may be seen at www.ron-caplain-photography.com
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artscope 34, September/October 2011
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art: Alone and Free
artist: Milisa Galazzi
medium: lace, encaustic, oi, on birch
artist statement: Much of my work is built on the simple square format reminiscent of the basic quilting block. I explore color, layering and texture in my art as well as scale and repetition. My work is reminsicent of conventional women's work (quilting, mending, sewing) and speaks to my connections with past generations of women as well as my present place within my own family. Simply put, my work reflects conversations about relationships-- literal and visual.
More of Galazzi's work may be seen at www.milisagalazzi.com
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artscope 33, July/August 2011
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art: CITYGO
artist: Sean Flood
medium: oil on canvas
artist statement: The inspiration for my work comes from music, urban settings, the energy of my surroundings and viewing other artists’ work. When it comes to architectural and urban scene paintings, I get a lot of ideas from exploring and working in the city. After doing sketches on site and taking photos, I stretch my own canvas or cut panels to the scale I want my painting. I work out my ideas in the studio and I particularly enjoy the beginning phase of a new piece. The initial drawing is very exciting when I react and draw quickly and lay down the structure and foundation for a finished piece. This is yet another reason why I am so attracted to painting urban scenes. As I introduce color to a developing piece, I continue to treat it like drawing, as in drawing with paint. I paint in three hour sessions and typically work on one or two paintings simultaneously. I usually work on a piece for one to three months until I feel it is complete. As I sense the painting is closer to completion, the final marks and gestures are applied with more specificity and assurance. This process allows me to develop a rich, textured painting and also capture the raw, spontaneous energy of what I see and experience.
More of Flood's work may be seen at www.seanfloodart.com
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artscope 32, May/June 2011
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art: Souvenirs & Barricades
artist: Geoffrey Detrani
medium: pencil, ink, acrylic on paper mounted to panel
artist statement: My work is rooted in a sense of the natural world as construed by experience, imagination and ideology. The imagery I use explores a hypothetical intersection between the natural world and the physical world of our creating. I am interested in the tenuous and temporary fit with which the things we have built have accomodated themselves to the fecund and resurgent force of the natural world within which they are sited. My picures suggest landscapes captured in a state of flux, landscapes on the cusp or in the throes of explosive generation or devolution, they are geographies of entropy and zero-sum gain.
More of Detrani's work may be seen at www.geoffreydetrani.com
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artscope 31, March/April 2011
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art: Turbulence
artist: Brigitte Desautels
medium: collage, ink and mixed media
artist statement: I was born in France and the views and images of my life there are continually in my mind. This piece was created simply by instinct during a time of turbulence and depicts vague memories and melancholy. As you look at this collage imagine Saint Saturnin, the village in France where I spent my summers as a child. This most incredible little village with narrow winding streets and alleys, and a massive castle on its highest point is my source.
More of Desautels' work may be seen at www.brigittecards.com
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artscope 30, January/February 2011
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art: Precarious Living 1
artist: Carolyn Rordam
medium: Glass works
artist statement: Modern man seems to be in a constant struggle to live separately from the natural world. However, he is completely dependent on it. We are in an uncertain and ever changing relationship with our environment. How do we come to terms with this dangerous, glorious and absolutely essential lover? In this glass works series titled Precarious Living, I create a reflection of the incessant and irrepressible impact of nature despite mankind's intrusions. They reflect the fascination I have with the details of natural phenomena and the cycles of growth and rebirth within those cycles. Precarious Living is a metaphor for something that is happening all around us, natural forces that continue to move regardless of what we humans do. Glass, a super-cooled liquid, represents the intermediate space where opposites meet, the linear ideals of human constructs and the entropic reality of nature. My work is about the ever-changing relationship between man and his environment.
More of Rordam's work may be seen at www.carolynrordam.com
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artscope 29, November/December 2010
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art: Loser Buys Dinner
artist: Barney Levitt
medium: Oil on Canvas
artist statement: I've always been drawn to detail and it's been the realist painters who have been the source of my inspiration. I try to create a narrative from the chosen objects that will elevate and give new meaning to their ordinariness. I strive to create a sense of mystery or humor from seemingly disparate objects. Often there¹s an implicit smirk or wink I'm trying to convey to my audience. I was raised in the Adirondacks of Upstate New York where my family helped nurture a keen appreciation for nature. As a child, drawing seemed as natural and necessary as breathing. Hopefully I will continue to do both for a long time to come.
More of Levitt's work may be seen at www.barneylevitt.com
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artscope 28, September/October 2010
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art: Flock
artist: Cathy Moynihan
medium: ceramic sculpture
artist statement: I'm focused on making sculptures that deal with life-tender, whole, and new. My minimalist birds are especially peaceful as I hand build each one using the coil method, and then carefully examine each bird, scraping and shaving off the irregularities. I feel my work has an intimacy and comfort about it, inviting viewers to touch and hold it. Nothing makes me happier than peaceful to me with their elegant silhouettes, clean lines, composed posture, and pleasing proportions. They take hours to make irregularities in surface until the form is flawless. than when someone feels compelled to cradle or caress one of my pieces!
More of Moynihan's work may be seen at www.cathymoynihan.com
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artscope 27, July/August 2010
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art: Tonare
artist: John Rais
medium: forged and fabricated steel, patina, paint
artist statement: My work is about narrating transition. There is an inserted duality that plays somewhere between sensuality and pragmatism. Each piece evokes a curious tactile quality that, by equal measure, amplifies and subverts function. The result is a cross-breed where no dominant trait is recognized with the goal of experiencing something new. Steel has a unique relationship with recycling, where it is found in scrap heaps like factory fossils. My work originates from the re-emitted and reheated raw material, and is forged and fabricated to appear once manufactured, discarded, and now re-appropriated to a new life. Parts are often designed separately and assembled intuitively, while re-sketching with chalk on the studio floor. I feel not so much a designer or a craftsman, but rather a mediator between idea and technique. These mongrels of art are a piecing together of memory piles and thought fragments. As a memory fades, it rewrites itselfwith segments of the original fused back together. In a sense, I make the objects that I wish I could find, but the love of making prevents me from ever finding exactly what I am looking for or even knowing what it is.
More of Rais's work may be seen at www.johnraisstudios.com
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artscope 26, May/June 2010
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art: Millbrook Road, Nantucket, Thanksgiving 2009
artist: Lauri Robertson
medium: digital capture photograph
artist statement: I am interested in being embodied by a landscape, the dizzying, experiential process of seeing more and more, the more one looks. There's little "composition," in the sense that a perception of immersion is the composition. I'm attracted to a certain flatness, or abstraction, but necessarily in concert with a stark realism. This image was taken on Thanksgiving day on Nantucket, where I live.
More of Robertson's work may be seen at www.laurirobertsonphotography.com
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artscope 25, March/April 2010
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art: Desert Island
artist: Leah Giberson
medium: oil on photographs ad mixed materials
artist statement: My current body of work falls somewhere between the worlds of photography, painting and collage. I begin with photographs of seemingly ordinary and mundane scenes, which I then paint directly upon to distill and reveal the visually poignant moments that exist all around us, but are often overlooked. There is a quiet anxiety and loneliness in these images of isolated houses, empty chairs and abandoned pools. Shadows loom from unknown/unseen sources, horizon lines become uncomfortably close, people are absent and geographic clues are obscured. Despite all this uneasiness, there is also a sense of bravery or at least a blind and determined optimism.
More of Giberson's work may be seen at www.leahgiberson.com.
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artscope 23, November/December 2009
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art:
Silent Sounds
artist: Laurie Alpert
medium: polyester plate lithograph, handmade book. (Photo by Clements-Howcroft Photography)
artist statement: I recently traveled to Israel. Spirituality and religion never entered into my work until I saw the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. What intrigues me about the content of the scrolls is the fact that the text is both biblical and cultural. The manuscripts give us insight into behavior,military regulations, customs, political persecution and spiritual life, something that has always fascinated me. I was also struck by the complexity of the political situation there. While visiting the Golan Heights, I photographed a sculpture of a kneeling soldier pointing a gun. This image has become a haunting motif in my work and creates a political edge to the otherwise unbiased nature of the work. Another significant element in my work is my mother’s music. She was a professional violinist whose career had a great impact on my life. This represents my personal history; the scrolls represent my past history. The ancient Hebrew text coexists with the music while the music transcends language.
More of Alpert's work may be seen at www.lauriealpert.com.
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artscope 22, September/October 2009
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art: Reading Time with Spot
artist: Liza Abelson
medium: acrylic on canvas
artist statement: My paintings reflect my fascination with the beauty, complexity and spirit in everyday things, situations and people. I am inspired by old buildings, interesting, faces, comical scenarios, expressive gestures and the beauty of the figure.
More of Abelson's work may be seen at www.lizaabelson.com.
Judges:
Ron Crusan, Director of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art
Anne B. Zill, Director of the University of New England Art Gallery
artscope writer Elena Sarni
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artscope 21, July/August 2009
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art: Flowering of the Buddha Mind: Transcendence Over Life and Death
artist: Beverly Sky
medium: fabric collage on canvas
artist statement: Fabric collage consists of using innate qualities of fabric - the images, colors, textures and patterns - to create an alternative image. Essentially, the technique is painting with fabric. Fabric is cut, layered and glued onto a sub surface such as cotton, canvas or board. I was introduced to this medium by collaborating with Clara Wainwright, the renowned "free quilter," through her inspiring work as leader of "The Faith Quilts Project" (www.faithquilts.org). This new medium is a natural evolution of my work as a fiber artist.
More of Sky's work may be seen at www.beverlysky.com.
Judges:
Connie Colom, executive director of the New England Quilt Museum
Karen Herbaugh, curator at the American Textile Museum
artscope writer James Foritano
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artscope 20, May/June 2009
 
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art, left:
Untitled (Open); art, right:
Untitled (Undone)
artist: Brian Bishop
medium: charcoal on paper
artist statement: The principle interest of my studio practice is the exploration of the fine line between the forgotten or over-looked moment and the fetishized memory as seen through the filters of portraiture in the west, snapshot photography and the rhetoric of surveillance. Through this work I mine the landscape of the common, the mundane, the banal and the fragmented as they are resented in the context of notation, documentation and memory. My work navigates the intersection of the overabundant surveilled image and the poignancy of the intimate vignette or home movie. Implied narratives and contexts are generated on the margins, between the images and outside the frame. The resulting images appear disjunctive and out-of-context, alluding to the "lost" images on a roll of film, the in-between moments and the "throwaway" image - the mistake.
More of Bishop's work may be seen at www.brianbishop.com.
Judges:
Candice Smith Corby, Director of the Cushing-Martin Gallery at Stonehill College
Lisa Lynch, Director of the arts at Brandeis University's Women's Studies Research Center
artscope writer Sarah E. Fagan, and editor of the artscope email blast!
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artscope
19, March/April 2009
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art:
Cycle of Growth
artist: Tracy Spadafora
medium: mixed media encaustic on braced luan
artist statement: Obscuring and burying images within layers of wax and paint helps to extend their meaning into the realms of memory and intuition. In these works, natural structures and man-made structures converge and collide, creating a dialogue between these opposing forces. The natural environment has suffered greatly as a result of commercial, residential, and industrial development. Nature struggles to survive and find new life within the continuous sprawl of these manmade environments.
With these paintings I intend to convey a sense of the poetry and endurance of nature as a force — a force that seems to persist in spite of man’s actions. In this work I seek to address larger questions concerning the lineage of our natural and man-made environments.
Judges:
Joanne Mattera, Author of "The Art of Encaustic Painting" and Director of the Encaustic Conference at Monserrat College of Art
Barbara O'Brien, former Director of the Trustman Art Gallery at Simmons College and keynote speaker for the 2009 Encaustic Conference at Montserrat College of Art
Hope Stockman, artscope writer
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artscope
17, November/December 2008
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art:
Untitled
artist: Daniel Coury
medium: Inkjet print
artist statement: I deal with banal objects which I find - or do they find me? - in nature, on the streets, at home … anywhere.
I take them out of their utilitarian sense and put them into my aesthetic sense: inside my “black and white language,” matching the scene I create in the photographic studio with the image I had behind my eyes.
I believe that this action allows one who sees my pieces to taste an unexpected feeling about the quotidian. I do not want to change life nor the world with my art, but intend to make a person look through the trivial and see something else.
Judges:
Minying Tang, artscope writer
Paula Tognarelli, Deputy Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography
Christy Woods, artscope Associate Publisher
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artscope
16, September/October 2008
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art:
Johnson, Vermont
artist: Erica Harney
medium: oil on canvas
artist statement: I manipulated and exploit the ideas of contrast, contradiction and dualism on the visual and conceptual levels to create kaleidoscopic paintings that are bursting with dramatic energy and ecstacy. In the spirit of kaleidoscopes and mosaics I use paradoxical combinations of patterns, colors, shapes, images and concepts that I am constantly collecting, editing/layering/fracturing/rearranging/elaborating upon. I then take these gragments of information, and, through the use of a variety of materials and handling, transform them into something entirely unique. In a sense, painting is the way in which I am able to "have it all."
In doing so, I strive to create paintings that are simultaneously monumental and ethereal, as opposed to embracing the "everyday," and "prosaic." My focus is emotional, rather than intellectual. If I were painting music, I would paint operas.
Judges:
Mark Moscone, Director of Exhibitions at the Rhode Island School of Design
Kristin Street, Director of the Krause Gallery at Moses Brown School
Meredith Cutler, artscope writer
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artscope
15, July/August 2008
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art:
Ocean Life Series
artist: Kristin Braun
medium: ceramics
artist statement: I am fascinated with ocean life such as sea urchins, sea slugs, and sea cucumbers. I am drawn to the curiosities and symmetries that exist with in nature’s peculiar creations. Nature’s systems and compositions
are inherently perfect and elegant. They can only be celebrated. That is my calling.
I am currently most intrigued by sea urchins. I make spines and put them on forms to create sharp features on soft venues. I employ slip trailing to represent the low-relief patterns.
Judges:
Catherine Green, the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen
Sara Zela, Studio Potter Magazine
Elena Sarni, artscope writer
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artscope
14, May/June 2008
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art:
The Cartographers
artist: Danielle Sauvé
medium: installation art
artist statement: The installation “The Cartographers” associates the migratory quest to the virgin page preceding the re-creative process of all new beginnings. The ensemble is about the tension between erasing and renewing, the
alterable and the attached, vibrancy and absence. Layers of velum on the skeletal drawing-tables are penetrated by light to create the conditions for the appearance of the snail's journey. I am interested in the
speculative aspects of exile, those moments of expectation - when nothing is fixed yet, when all is still maintained between here and else where, before and now, the real and the imaginary.
Judges:
Katherine Attanasio, director/co-curator at The Firehouse Gallery of Burlington City Arts
Janie Cohen, director of the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont
Alexandra Tursi, artscope writer
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artscope
12, January/February 2008
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art:
carmela lily II
artist: Marisa diPaola
artist statement: I am a nomadic sculptor and installation
artist. I create wearable site-specific work from found materials, and
wear these pieces, as self-portraits, handmade as if by the characters
that I am depicting.
The
work itself is a collection of psychological self-portraiture through
an exploration of fairy tale characters interacting with this world.
Not focusing on the "happily ever after" but at the moment
of creation, and adaptation to their new journey and to their new habitat.
The
natural world became my focus as I began searching for the origins of
humanity and the natural connections that bind us to the land. The series
explored characters creating a home withing their found habitat, focusing
on the beginning of the journey where the path originates. These sculptures
are divergent, specific to sites in nature, chosen for their isolation
and wilderness. The process of gathering and creation allows each character
to investigate their habitat and their own domestication. The documentation
appears as wildlife photography, capturing these characters in their
habitat, living within their life. All explore the dynamic of self,
of the journey, of creating a domestic space for oneself, handmade from
the raw materials gathered around.
Judges:
Britt
Beedenbender, writer, artscope magazine
Craig Bloodgood, Special Projects Curator, The Art Complex Museum
George Creamer, Dean of Graduate Admissions, Massachusetts College
of Art
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artscope
11, November/December 2007
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art:
Back to the Future
artist: Ekua Holmes
medium: torn and cut paper
artist statement: As a child, I would sit at my grandmother's desk where
she had collected junk mail, greeting cards and old magazines for me.
I would spend the afternoon cutting shapes out of these discarded items
and creating new pictures out of them. Quietly absorbed in my own thoughts,
the world of reality would disappear and my hopes, dreams and memories
would emerge. It is the same process I encounter as I develop my ideas
today.
Jurors:
Gretchen
Keyworth, Director and Chief Curator, Fuller Craft Museum
Andrew Mroczek, Director of Exhibitions, The Art Institute of
Boston Gallery at University Hall
Gary Duehr, artscope writer
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artscope
10, September/October 2007
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art:
Temple Roof, photograph
artist: Robert Castagna
artist statement:
This series of photographs from Kyoto, Japan present
abstract views of shadows, detail, mystery and nature in the tradition
of the haiku. My goal is to walk the line, capturing the zen spirit
through abstraction and simplicity. Jurors:
Frederick
Osborne, President, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
Vivian Zoe, Director, Slater Memorial Museum
Rick Agran, artscope writer
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artscope
9, July/August 2007
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art:
A Romantic Moment
artist: Corey Corcoran
artist statement: My paintings and drawings have always been tied to my
love for stories. I like listening to stories. I like telling stories,
and I like discovering when I am suddenly part of one. Many of my paintings
and drawings take place at points of irresolution. The figures feel caught
unexpectedly, and the moment is full of potential. Things could go sour
or they might end up all right. My hope is that viewers take in this moment
and decide on their own role in the painting.
Jurors:
Jan
Howard, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs at the RISD Museum
Dr. Emil Willers, Executive Director of the Newport Art Museum
Sarah E. Fagan, artscope writer
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artscope 8, May/June
2007
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art:
Dance in the Bloom, oil on canvas, 45" x 43"
artist: Yuko Adachi
artist statement: Art is a universal language of the souls. I do not do
any preliminary sketches for any of my art works. I just dive in to the
unknown and experience where my energy takes me in the given moment. I
wish to share with the viewers the joy of being alive through my works.
Jurors:
Britta Konau, Center
for Maine Contemporary Art Curator
Linda Lambertson, Coordinator of the Inst. of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art |
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artscope
7, March/April 2007 Anniversary Issue
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art:
Bulbs with Pansy, drawing
artist: Helen Meyrowitz
artist statement:
"Otto Rank in his book - 'Art and Artists' tells
us that art is often born out of a fear of loss and change. In late 2002,
I became an up-rooted New York artist in the throes of a very real fear
of change and loss due to an unexpected move to Massachusetts. A subsequent
series of mixed media drawings of bulbs reaching, striving to put down
new roots to grow and eventually flower is my chosen metaphor for my personal
effort to create a new beginning. Otto Rank understood that creative challenge."
Jurors:
Karen Burgess Smith, Director
of Phillips Exeter Academy's Lamont Gallery
Vicki C.
Wright,The Art Gallery of the University of New Hampshire
James Foritano, artscope writer |
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