EILEEN WEITZMAN
ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Creating sculptures which are both abstract and figurative, engineered and organic, my work explores contemporary issues of concern to our global culture. The serious issues I tackle such as militarism, feminism, racism, and capitalism are contrasted with fabric made of lively colors, patterns and textures. My visual language combines textiles and found materials from Africa to Asia to South America to underscore how are problems and solutions are multicultural.

Open and dynamic, hanging from the ceiling and walls these animated sculptures with their strong bodily references assert their presence and power in this world. Along with my mixed media stitched drawings, the sculptures merge body art with the use of nonconventional feminine materials to form a new hybrid. Taking inspiration from Rembrandt to Bourgeois, and from Japanese woodcuts to conceptualism my dialogue with the history of painting and sculpture invites viewers into a new world where imagination and wit reign supreme.