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Page 2 - Janet Shapiro / October |
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and universal visual experience that is only possible through abstract art. In a statement on her work Shapiro equates her art with her former work as an Art Therapist: �Although my imagery often suggests a sense of place such as landscapes and interiors, my methodology is derived, less-consciously, from my work as an Art Therapist. Each day I saw people that had been shattered to fragments by mental illness and I attempted to reassemble those lives; sometimes for no more than a day or even an hour at a time. Psychiatric patients are typically perceived by our culture as discarded human beings. Yet, in them, as with my discarded wrapping papers and scrap blocks of wood, I see both the beauty and potential of each as reconstructed entities.� Rather than confining herself to straightforward narrative depiction, Shapiro chooses a much better way of expressing herself that leaves open |
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Swing Time in the Shower, 1994, Collage on Paper, 15 x 11 in |
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Family View, 1994, Mixed Media on Wood, 6 x 10 in |
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any interpretations of meaning. Another artist, Gyangy Laky, who was profiled on these pages in March 2003, achieves much the same thing; albeit with tree prunings arranged into three dimensional vessel shapes. Though her work is vastly different from Shapiro�s as to materials, subject matter and spatial orientation, the content is similar in making use of refuse to fashion imagery that is elegant, singularly beautiful, engaging and goes well beyond the materials by which it is constructed. |
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Installation shot - Gallery Gora Show |
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Installation shot - Gallery Gora Show |
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