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Martha Zuik
Zuik was born in 1941 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Her career as an artist began in the late 1950's with a 15-year
involvement in the group Fantasmagique, with whom she exhibited in
Belgium, France, Holland, Germany, and other European countries.
Fantasmagique was predominantly formed by European artists, including
Magritte, Picasso, Bellmer, Labisse, and Fini. Zuik, whose career has
been marked by her persistent and restless pursuit of continual education
and transformation, graduated with a degree in psychology in 1969.
Her extensive body of work includes drawings, paintings, engravings and
sculpture, which she has exhibited for 50 years throughout Europe, the
United States, and South America. Her work is included in dozens of
private and permanent collections all over the world, including the
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America and the National Museum of Women in
the Arts, both in Washington DC, and the Museum of Modern Art in Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
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jd
hansen
STRONG BEAUTIFUL BOLD
Like a person seen from across a room.
A complex, striking person who projects a first impression
that is unforgettable.
They can be read from a distance, but the more time you
spend, the closer you get, the more that is revealed. Darkness hidden
under layers of light. Undercurrents of doubt and fear. Scars of loss.
Each sculpture is based on a strong, initial concept that
is deeply personal. It is defined and focused through extensive writing,
but no sketching. I take that initial concept and build upon it, creating
a piece that is emotional, but subdued. The piece is built up, then
slowly stripped of anything that isn't necessary, revealing the primitive
essence of the subject. They are graphic, but not cold. They are simple,
but truly complex.
The pieces are sculpted in hot wax over metal armature,
then cast into bronze.
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