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Phyllis Kulmatiski

Artist Statement

I read the news or hear it on tv and I feel frustrated and moved to do something. One of the things I know how to do is work in clay and create figures. I represent social issues in general, or individual people who suffer, or who I see as heroes. Firing the clay makes the images more permanent than fleeting news headlines. I am inspired by Romanesque and medieval European sculpture and by peaceful Buddha images.

I went to a Polish catholic school and bumped into statues of saints at every corner. I went to college during the war in Viet Nam. Slogans and banners became part of my vocabulary. I often scratch and paint words, whole stories, or admonitions on the surface of my figures. I hope to represent people who suffer and carry on in dignity in a more permanent way than fleeting news stories.

I build the pieces from a heavy sculpture clay with coils, from the bottom up. I color the clay with engobes, oxides and muted glaze colorants, I carve, scratch, write, rub out, rewrite, and layer the surface texture. I fire the pieces in an electric kiln to 2300 degrees.

I hope to draw viewers in with idealized beauty and familiar iconography and hold interest with contemporary statements.

 

The Laffer Gallery

Address
96 Broad Street
Schuylerville, NY 12871

Hours
Thursday through Sunday 12pm to 5pm
Also available by appointment

Phone
(518) 695-3181

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