MANDY SPITZER |
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| Exhibitions :: 1976 World Glass Now, Corning Museum of Glass, NY 1979 Goddard College, VT 1986 San Jose State, CA 1988 Compositions Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1988 Primitivo Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1989 Artoptions Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1989 New Glass Review 10, Corning Museum of Glass, NY 1990 Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles & Pasadena, CA 1991-93 Il Giardino Dell’Arte, Bologna, Italy 1995 La Llorna, Santa Cruz Museum, CA 2004 Santa Cruz Art Tour 2005 Rust Show, Santa Cruz 2005 Cabrillo College 2007 & 2008 Open Studios, Santa Cruz Why :: Because I don’t have any choice. The muse wakes me at 3am with her fingers around my throat and says, “Make art or die.” So far I have chosen to live. I do my best to rise to her expectations – going to bold and challenging bolder. This is scary thrilling stuff. Cut paper is a part of my origins: making snowflakes and paper dolls, papel picado of Mexico, Balinese shadow puppets, Chinese intricate designs in paper, colonial American silhouettes. Revelation through negation. The shadow knows. I strive to create original images that are extremely personal to my life, sometimes calming and often disturbing. How :: The current work – Shield and Big Head pieces are large-scale metal pieces. Cut from sheets of hot rolled steel with a plasma cutter (a modern miracle of an electric arc cutting tool). The surface detailing is arc welding, sometimes with stainless electrodes. Then the piece is thoroughly polished and painted. Detailing, such as leather is added at the end. Who :: Mandy Spitzer b. 1-9-1955 Education; 1972 Instituto Allende, Mexico – glass 1977 Visual Studies Workshop, NY - photography 1977 Rochester Institute of Technology, NY – glass 1978 Rhode Island School of Design, RI - photography 1979 Goddard College, VT – BA 1984-86 San Jose State College, CA – glass 1987, 2000-04 Cabrillo College, CA – welding Thanks :: Beginning with my first “In Yr Face” art teachers– Bill Happel and Jeff Weiss – a big shout out. All the amazing and inspirational artists I have encountered in my voyages around the world. Practical help big time from Ali Amercupan of Cabrillo College Welding Dept. Victor Schiffrin – for love and photos. |
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