MARCIA JOFFE-BOUSKA

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VENTURE glass, ball chain, twigs, swarovski rhinestones, etc. 29" X 24.375" X 4", 2013 detail detail TROPHY glass, aluminum, ball chain, fox skull, acrylic paint, gilders paste, 18.375" x 18.5" x 4", 2013 detail
BUT WILL IT MATCH THE SOFA glass, mirror, ball chain, silver leaf, found wood, acrylic paint on mdf, 24.375" x 18.375" x 4.75" detail detail
DIMINISH glass, mirror, beads, slate, 28.5" x 18.5" x 2", 2013 detail detail

ON RECENT WINTER TRIPS THROUGH IOWA, ILLINOIS AND NEBRASKA, I'VE PASSED HARVESTED FIELDS AND SWEEPING VISTAS CLOAKED IN SNOW.  "WINTER LANDSCAPE" REFLECTS THE DUALITY OF AN ACTUAL MIDWESTERN WINTER AND A METAPHORICAL WINTER. WINTER LANDSCAPE glass,mirror, beads,twigs,skull, bone, brass, metal leaf,mdf, 14.375 x 18.5"x1.25", 201 detail side view

THE INITIAL SPARK FOR THIS PIECE WAS A RATTLESNAKE RATTLE GIVEN TO ME BY  MY HOST DURING MY TEACHING RESIDENCY IN WESTERN NEBRASKA;.  WHAT SHAPED ITS FINAL STATE, HOWEVER, WAS REFLECTING ON THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING DISMISSED OR MARGINALIZED--DUE TO AGE, GENDER, APPEARANCE, CAREER, BACKGROUND, STATUS, ETHNICITY...WHATEVER... THIS RELIEF SCULPTURE IS BOTH AN ASSERTION AND A WARNING. "NOLITE AMBULARE IN ME" (with a nod to my high school latin class): "DON'T TREAD ON ME" NOLITE AMBULARE IN ME (don't tread on me) glass, mirror, brass, copper, rattle snake rattle, acrylic paint on mdf,24" diameter x 2.5", 2012 detail - snake head detail - rattle

WISHFUL Glass, brass, ball chain, wishbone, metal leaf, acrylic paint on mdf , 15" diam. x 1.2012 detail side view

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