Obid (Oh Boy I'm Dancing)

Date1983

MediumPainted aluminum

Dimensions9 x 4 x 2 ft. (2.74 x 1.22 x 0.61 m)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of David and Holly Wilson

Object number1985.2.1

Label TextDramatic and dance-like, prismatic and soaring, Roslyn Mazzilli's monumental painted aluminum and stainless steel sculptures command remarkable physical presence. Evocative of forms from the natural world, Mazzilli's work also pays tribute to venerable artistic traditions ranging from the striated, polychromatic surfaces of Agam paintings and the dynamic constructivist sculptural forms of David Smith. Sometimes human in scale, at other times heroic, Mazzilli's multihued sculptures of the past decade have consistently been involved with attaining a delicate balance between exploring the dynamic relations of fragmented forms to space, and the perceptual, illusionistic and optical potential of color and light to evoke organic images. Or particular significance to the evolution of her aesthetic was a trip to Europe in the late 1980s, where she became inspired and liberated by Picasso's ventures with shape and color. - Terri Cohen

Status

On view

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