Holly-Dale Shapiro

Holly-Dale Shapiro
New York, New York, USA

STATEMENT

My commercial graphic designs have displayed aesthetics based on the Bauhaus concepts. My artistic work is influenced by cubism and surrealism where I use disparate and sometimes irrational visual elements to reach an otherworldly realm.

My artistic practice focuses on collages of landscape, portraiture and abstraction. The landscapes blend dissimilar locales into new vistas. I curate magazine pages, old books, assorted materials and recycled objects found on the street and organize them by texture and subject. Interior framing and composition offer an unexpected depth. The portraits juxtapose dreamlike figures offering emotional balance through placement. The abstracts are driven by a synchronicity of color and balance. I use linear patterns, forms of color and repetitive textures to guide the viewers’ eyes. Some pieces are pasted together, others I augment with artistic tools to enhance their depth, texture and perspective. In my antiquity, I am creating new environments without new technology. No helmet required.

My goal and proposal is to form life-size three dimensional pieces where viewers can immerse themselves as they traverse the space to expand and challenge their imagination. At first they will see flowing images but then be surprised by the finer details.

BIO

Holly-Dale Shapiro was born in Chicago and received her BFA from Washington University, St. Louis. She has lived and worked in New York City since 1970 where limited by time and space as a fine artist, she designed jewelry, furniture, photo shoots, and major commercial display installations. Holly is now making the art she needs and loves to create. Her work is based on collage methods augmented by drawing, painting and fantasy emphasizing color and texture to create visual challenges to the mind and eye. Her work can be currently seen on line and in group shows. Her new work will be life-sized collage installations that visitors can walk through for total immersion to expand their visual and mental views of the world. Her portraits, landscapes and visual fantasies are created to disrupt our habitual norms.

ARTIST CONTACT

(917) 330-4638
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