Janet Goldner, Steel Girl
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"I create sculptural works which bring the together art and poetry by cutting images and texts into welded steel sculptures using a welding torch as a drawing instrument. I cut letters, geometric patterns, forms thru the surface of the steel. The steel gives the verbal and visual messages an urgency and permanency that surpasses that of paper. I combine the tactile, spatial forms of sculpture with elegant, succinct comments on contemporary social issues. |
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A thirty-year cultural journey began when I first traveled to West Africa in 1973. I have returned to Africa many times, notably as a Fulbright scholar in 1995 to work with artisans and contemporary artists. Images and ideas from Africa and the West continue to appear in my work influenced in part by my ongoing dialogue with Malian artists as well as a response to my own layered American cultural identity." - Janet Goldner |
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