Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Magpie Garden Specimen 02, 2020
Mixed media
2 1/4" x 6 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Aquarium Specimen 02, 2020
Mixed media
6 1/2" x 4" x 4"
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Perfectionist Magpie Specimen, 2020
Mixed media
4 3/4" x 4" x 4 1/4"
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Exterior Embed Specimen, 2020
Mixed media
3" x 5 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Magpie Garden Specimen 01, 2020
Mixed media
4 1/4" x 4 1/2" x 4"
SOLD
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Blue Orb Specimen, 2020
Mixed media
1 1/2" x 3" x 3"
SOLD
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Path to the Bowerbird's Estate, 2020
Mixed media
1 1/4" x 27" x 3 1/2"
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Sparkle Plenty Specimen, 2020
Mixed media
3 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 5"
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Switch Plate Specimen, 2020
Mixed media
4 1/2" x 2 3/4" x 1/2"
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Trans-cut Specimen, 2020
Mixed media
9 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 10"
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Shreds & Threads Specimen, 2020
Mixed media
4 1/2" x 4 3/4" x 3 1/4"
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Magpie Garden Specimen 03, 2020
Mixed media
3" x 11 3/4" x 4"
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Mussel Shell Specimen, 2020
Mixed media
7 1/2" x 6" x 2 1/2"
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Opalescent Specimen, 2020
Mixed media
4 1/2" x 4 3/4" x 4 1/2"
Marilynn Gelfman Karp
Sampling the Riff
July 2, 2021 - July 31, 2021
"Things made by human hands (manu-factured) meet naturally occurring components in my studio. I unify them in unexpected ways, often surprising myself at the resulting sculptures. The whole is not the sum of its parts. Ordinary bits become exotic, a new context changes the mundane into the arcane.
To confound things, sometimes a thing that appears to have been plucked from nature can be person-made (I have made bird nests that would fool a bird) and there are naturally occurring phenomena that appear to have been manufactured (consider the sand dollar or a pearl).
As differences between the natural and the manmade become less clear in my works…new frames of reference are invoked. Carefully examined unions and dimensions within may be glimpsed, rife with twinkling potential and unfamiliar gardens bloom."
- Marilynn Gelfman Karp