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| Elyse Wyman, Kick, Cast Aluminum, 41 x 32 x .5" |
In art as in life, a slight shift in perspective can transform negative into positive. While creating the positive shapes for the sculptures in her previous show, Elyse Wyman noticed the remaining negative shapes were intriguing in their own right and reserved them for future inspiration. In the spirit of recycle, reuse, renew, those raw pieces evolved into new sculptures, retaining some of the shapes and characteristics from the previous artwork, but emerging as something distinctly novel in her new show, Positive from Negative.
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| Elyse Wyman, Evolutionary Venture - 2S Recycle, Cast Aluminum, 9 x 8 x 5.5" |
Wyman utilized the negative shapes born from earlier sculptures of the female torso to create positive sculptural forms cut and carved from Styrofoam. She then buried them in sand and cast them in aluminum. As she dug the sculptures from the hot sand, she noticed that an unforeseen surface pattern had spontaneously emerged from the path of the molten metal.
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| Elyse Wyman, Winged Defeat, Cast Aluminum, 9 x 6 x 5" |
Intrigued with the reticulated patterning, she ventured further, making pencil and wax rubbings on paper and employing gold leaf to further reveal and enhance the shapes and patterns. With this exhibition, the negative has transformed into positive.
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| Elyse Wyman, Undulation, Gold leaf on paper, 45.5 x 35" |
Artist Panel Discussion:
Saturday, September 23, 3pm
Saturday, September 23, 3pm
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