Manhole Art - Bobbi MastrangeloAcqua Dolce and and its companion piece, Blue Water are this year’s donations to benefit the Attleboro Arts Museum in Massachusetts. The online portion of 17th Benefit Art Auction is now open. The auction will run from Oct. 10, 2008 to Nov. 12, 2008, with the live event taking place on November 15, 2008. The […]
Recently I created three petite works on hand made paper to be exhibited during the FDH Paper Makers Conference PAPER IN PARADISE · KONA, HAWAII October 23 – 26, 2008 Featured above is “BUFFALO WATER” based on an eight inch diameter water valve cover. The original cover was cast by a Buffalo Foundary, but believe […]
“I wonder what the sewers looked like in “The Third Man?” my friend Rosie asked. One of the most famous scenes in the classic 1949 movie takes place in Vienna’s underground – in the city’s sewers. Karin from The Third Man Museum was able to provide photos of the open and closed manhole covers and the stairwell to the underground that Harry Lime used in ‘The Third […]
“When,” Bobbi Mastrangelo’s Fiber Art Relief won Third Prize at The Osceola Center for The Arts Juried Exhibit Exhibition dates: May 5- 31, 2008 2411 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway Kissimmee FL 34744 1 (407) 846 – 6257 www.ocfta.com Read the story of how I created this art work. http://bobbimastrangelo.com/story/When.php
“Don’t Go Soft on Terrorism” Bobbi Mastrangelo’s 2008 PC for NPCW is dedicated to those who lost their lives due to the 9/11 Terrorist Attack and to all the World Citizens fighting for freedom & justice. Read the story behind the creation of the sculpture-collage. Grate Thoughts » Blog Archive » “Don’t Go Soft […]
January 19 – February 15, 2008 Mill Pond House Gallery “The Street Was Paved in Gold” click image to enlarge The Art Reception Reception Sat. January 19th 3 – 5 PM At The Mill Pond House Gallery 660 Route 25 A St James NY 11780 USA 1 631 862 6575 www.stacarts.org
BOBBI MASTRANGELO’S ARTIST STATEMENT For “The Street Was Paved in Gold” Since 1979, I have focused on the theme of manhole and water covers, rendering them in prints, cast paper, sculpture relief, installations and fiber art. Through research and contact with utilities I have learned a great deal about the purposes for the different covers. […]
New York Manhole Covers, Forged Barefoot in India – The New York Times by Heather Timmons and J Adam Huggins. Published Nov. 26 2007. Read this article to gain insight into the production of the manhole covers we drive over or walk on. Pod Cast “From the ladles of Molten Metal” Vivid photos of the bare chested Indian […]
NEWS – November 2007 www.Sewerhistory.org click image to enlarge Vestige (Charleston, SC) Vestige SC is one of her nine images featured on their Sewers in the Culture with stories about her art. PDF Article Sewers in Our Culture November 2007 – Few people think of the lowly manhole cover as art, but Bobbi Mastrangelo, a […]
Benefit Auction Live event takes place on November 3, 2007. Preview – September 26 to October 31, 2007 Bobbi Mastrangelo created this Golden Renaissance Sculpture especially for the Attleboro Arts Museum 2007 Benefit Auction. It features a trio of spinning water covers click images to enlarge Abba Acqua Amanzi Shouei, Attleboro Water & W – […]