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Anne Mastrangelo & "Great Wall Medallion"
My first TV appearance was in 1983
with Karen Hasby, who interviewed
me on Newsday's TV Channel.
A few days later, my daughter
Anne wrote an essay: "My Mother the Artist."
I would like to share this
treasured momento with you.
"My Mother the Artist"
Read the Comments
on The Third Man Movie
Open Sewer in Vienna
The comments are a fascinating read:
Grate Thoughts » News Archive» Vienna Sewers from “The Third Man Movie”
Ode to Karl Shapiro
I am struck by the beauty of manhole covers.
Addicted to their cryptic charms.
I have brushed away sand and debris
To reveal stamped symbols.
I have kneeled at steel rims,
To record autumn images:
Waxed dark crayons, across white paper
Taped to cold, notched-whelked lids.
I have seen steam rising
From cold wintry grates.
Glimpsed rusty iron peeping through
Snowy track and icy treds.
Summer's steaming Con Ed irons
Burned my hands: melted my crayons.
Rubbings, photos, prints and sculptures
Honor these urban artifacts:
Preserving their beauty
Never outdated.
- Bobbi Mastrangelo
Bobbi Mastrangelo
“Cover Girl”..No this artist is not in the fashion business!
But
she models her prints and sculptures on iron utility covers. What an unusual
theme! That’s why some reporters gave her that name.
Her prints on hand-made
paper with deeply embossed metallic water covers and gas covers are jewel-like
mandalas.
She transforms manhole covers, sewers and grates into artistic
streetscapes. These sculpture relief works appear so realistic that viewers
wonder how she could even lift them to hang on the wall.
“The Grate Works” have won many awards and are in prominent museum
and water authority collections. The artist is a member of The National
Association of Women Artists and is listed in The Marquis’s “Who’s
Who in
American Art”, etc.
Her achievements in art and the environment garnered her an Alumni “Hall
of
Fame” and Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow Awards. Her art documents
the
intricate designs of early covers, calling for conservation and protection of
our water supplies and precious resources. Yes! That is why other writers
prefer calling her “The Grate Lady!”.
