“Plastics Under Cover” “Grate Works of Art” my current exhibit has “Un Covered” new and exciting challenges. In a regular museum or gallery, labels only present a few details like the title and size of an art work. But a History Museum, like Orlando’s Orange County Regional History Center, wants to “Un Cover” all the […]
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On October 12, 1998 the News 12 Team: Sara Muller, Reporter and Bryan Kane, Videographer interviewed me at Arline Hershberg’s Prism Gallery in Port Jefferson. It was a One Woman Exhibition and my sculpture relief pieces, works on canvas and hand made paper filled both floors of the gallery. They asked me to explain how […]
Why I created the Sculpture Relief: “City of Orlando.” download a PDF of this story Orlando Museum of Art’s First Thursday’s Competition for January 5, 2012 was entitled “Sculpture, the Ultimate Process.” Remembering the brick pavers surrounding the Orlando Museum of Art, I thought, “Why not enter the competition with a streetscape scene from the […]
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. […]
The Story of its Creation By Bobbi Mastrangelo I strolled across courtyard to my studio wondering what kind of background to use for my embossed print, “When the People Care?” Glancing down at the paver blocks triggered a memory: Once a strong wind had knocked over a paper frame support outside my NY Studio. The […]
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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 […]