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Martha Posner
 
 
About the Artist

When I began making art in 1978, it was with
a hungry investigation to try and understand these
magical questions: What makes an object greater
than its materials? Where and what is the moment
of transformation? And why is the mask of a shaman
or a Greek Icon so much more than wood, or paint
or feathers?

In 1993, deeply inspired by fairy tales, myths and
travels to cultures more remote than my own, I
began making empty, but not empty garments, boats,
and architectural structures. These works are filled
with a presence, an energy or maybe they are filled
with a memory. A hint of a life before now -
their moment of transformation.

 
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After Velasquez

2002
Fencing, cloth, beeswax.
58" x 68" x 44"

Memory and Desire

2004-2005
Fabric, lace, fencing, bubble wrap, syrofoam peanuts, glue, synthetic hair, twine, fishing line.
48" x 75" x 44"

Detail view. Not pictured is an accompanying hanging figure.

The Red Bed

2002
Fabric, wire, foam, wood, honeysuckle vines, synthetic and real hair, tree branches.
105" x 134" x 147"

Redhead Series

2002
Fencing, cloth, synthetic hair, beeswax, pigment.
40" x 29" x 25"

Shirt

2006
Wire, fabric, beeswax, synthetic hair, pigment.
21" x 26" x 14"

Shirt
From the "Unfamiliar Skin" Series

Untitled Sister

2003
Fencing, lace, fabric, synthetic hair, beeswax.
58" x 40" x 70"

From the "Little Sister" series.

C's Corset

2006
Wire, fabric, beeswax, synthetic hair, pigment.
18" x 15" x 12"

From the "Unfamiliar Skin" series.

Boat for a Night's Journey

2005
Beeswax, cloth, synthetic hair, fencing, rope, wild rose-canes.

Studio View

2009
Fencing, Fabric, Feathers, beeswax, Synthetic hair, Pigment, and hair.

Studio View
My studio with three new pieces Turning I, TurningII, and Turning III. ©Photo by Dani Bogenhagen

Turning III

2009
Fencing, Fabric, Feathers, beeswax, Synthetic hair, Pigment, and hair.
62"x31"x21.5"

Turning III
©Photo by Dani Bogenhagen

Lupe's Daughter

2009
Fencing, Fabric, Feathers, beeswax, Synthetic hair, Pigment, and hair.

Lupe's Daughter
Instillation view of sculptures from the series "Lupe's Daughter" ©Photo by Larry Fink

Lupe's Daughter

2008

Lupe's Daughter
 
Education and biography
Haagsma, Georgia, “Martha Posner: Saatchi Online Critic’s Choice” Saatchi Online TV & Magazine. June 2009.
Nadelman, Cynthia,”The Mark of the Hand”, Artnews, vol.108, #6. June, 2009
Piccione, Steve, “A Marriage of Strangeness and Beauty”, Lehigh Valley Style, January 2009
Mattison, Robert S. “Amour d’Amour”, Lafayette College, April ‘07
Barros, Ricardo, Facing Sculpture,A Porfolio of Portraits, Sculpture and Related Ideas”, Image Spring Press Press, 04
Sozanski, Edward, “Clothing Inspires or Becomes Sculpture,” The Philadelphia Inquirer , September 20, 2002
Karlins, K.F., “Drawing Notebook”, Artnet.com, August 02
Knafo Setton, Ruth, “ The Wolf is in the Bed / The Art of Martha Posner, ” The Allentown Art Museum Catalogue, July, 02
Carter, Michael, “Re-imaging America,” NY Arts Magazine, November 01
Yellin Outwater, Myra “Among the Thorns and Dangers – the Sculpture of Martha Posner,” Lehigh Valley Magazine, July 01
Wuthnow, David, “Creative Spirituality : The Way of the Artist,” University of California Press,01
Thomas, Mary “Sculpting Pitttsburgh : The Visual New,” The Pittsburgh Post –Gazette , May 01
Venkatasubban, Sharmila “Metal Heads-The Organic Nature of Copper / Boat from a Night’s Journey,” In Pittsburgh, August 01
Bower Bell, J., “Unusual Suspects,” The Critical State of Visual Arts in New York Review, January 99
Larry Fink Photographs, “A Casa Di Martha, La Repubblica della Donne, Roma, Italy , December 99
Drake, Nicholas, “Adventures in Contemporary Art Land,” The Charleston City Paper, June 99
Collins, Alison, E., “Pop Luxe the Language of the Garment,” Halsey Gallery School of the Arts, College of Charleston, June 99
Martin, Frank “The Garment of Human Existence,”The Charleston Post and Courier, April 99
Olin, Ferris, “Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series,” Rutgers University, April 99
Talley, Dan, R. Martha Posner, Art Papers, May 99
Johnson, Roy, “Just Ripe,” The New York Times, December 98
Bischoff, Dan, “The Art of Non-Survival: Delicacies to Delight the Eye,” The Star- Ledger, July 98
Cotter, Holland, “Not Just For Tourist: Exotica in New Jersey,” The New York Times, July 98
Schwabsky, Barry, “Clothing as Architecture and Two Perspectives on Painting,” The New York Times, May 98
York, Hildreth, “Unwearable Garments: The Work of Martha Posner,” Surface Design Journal, Spring 98
Rice, Robin “Post-Modern Brides” The City Paper, January 97
Viera, Ricardo, “The Garment Series, An Installation,” The Zoellner Center for the Arts, LehighUniversity, July 97
Kissick, John, “Martha Posner,” New Art Examiner, November 97
Litt, Steve, “New Visions of Religious Art,” The Cleveland Plain Dealer, February 97
Nyden, Laine, B., “Inner Light,” Dialogue, May 97
Drake, Nicholas, “Spoleto,” Art Papers, September 96
Welker, Janie, Fink, Larry, “Waking the Wood,” Frank Martin Gallery, Muhlenberg College, January 95
Utter, Douglas, “Martha Posner: Making Marks,” New Art Examiner, September 93
Welker, Janie, “Keeping the Circle of Art and Life Unbroken” The Express Times, April 93
Kemp, Kathy, “Prayer Gate Offers Solace to the Saddened” The Birmingham Post – Herald, December 93
Nelson, James, “Prayer Gate” The Birmingham News, December 93
Cullinan, Helen, “Sculpture Show Has Pleasing Contrasts” The Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 92
Sparks, Amy, “Senses of Self,” The Cleveland Free Times, September 92
Hanson, Tom, “Insight / On Site,” The Cleveland Museum of Art Bulletin, October 91
Litt, Steve, “City’s Oasis of Culture,” The Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 91
Utter, Douglas, “Idol Thoughts, Alter Egos, Votive Offerings and Ritual Objects” Dialogue, March 90



 
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