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Sculptor, Shari Mendelson joined me this week to discuss her work. Shari lives and works in Brooklyn and Upstate NY. She is represented in New York by Tibor de Nagy Gallery and has won many prestigious grants, including 4 NYFA-NYSCA Fellowship awards, a Pollock-Krasner grant and most recently a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017.  She makes human &amp; animal figures &amp; vessels made up of cut-up plastic bottles that riff on stone, clay &amp; glass forms from ancient antiquity. The resulting sculptures can look translucent like ancient glass in greens, grays, blues, whites &amp; yellows -- and she often adds mica &amp; resin to the surface to add a silvery or opaque finish to parts. They range in size from 12 to 36 in (aprx). Shari's website and IG: www.sharimendelson.com and @sharimendelson Current and Upcoming Exhibitions:  The Renwick Gallery in WDC at The Smithsonian American Art Museum "This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World" Pamela Salisbury Gallery in Hudson, NY "Greetings and Offerings" Tibor de Nagy Gallery in NYC - Upcoming solo show 2023 Jason Jacques Gallery in NYC "Smoke" a benefit for The Lost Prisoner Project  Shari's Favorite Museum Collections: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (esp. the Cesnola Cipriot Collection, Islamic Wing &amp; The Study Collection on the mezzanine above the Leon Levy &amp; Shelby White Court), Penn Museum, The British Museum, Naples National Archaeological Museum (Pompeii &amp; Herculaneum collections) Fun Links: Review by Stephen Maine in Hyperallergic: Ennion exhibit at the Met Anasazi Pottery Ancient Israeli Art More about Votive Figurines  Artist mentions: Bill Traylor, Alberto Giacometti, Rick Briggs, Jill Levine, Ancient Syrian vessel maker: Ennion, Portia Munson, Jennifer Coates, Kiki Smith, Phoebe Helander, Morgan Gilbreath Glue Talk™: Shari uses AdTech Crystal Clear Glue Sticks combined with a final coat of Magic-Sculpt resin Follow Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists &amp; Donate to the Peps: https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/  Thank you for listening, rating, reviewing &amp; donating! All music is licensed from Soundstripe.  ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peptalksforartistspod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peptalksforartistspod/support

Sculptor, Shari Mendelson joined me this week to discuss her work. Shari lives and works in Brooklyn and Upstate NY. She is represented in New York by Tibor de Nagy Gallery and has won many prestigious grants, including 4 NYFA-NYSCA Fellowship awards, a Pollock-Krasner grant and most recently a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017.  She makes human &amp; animal figures &amp; vessels made up of cut-up plastic bottles that riff on stone, clay &amp; glass forms from ancient antiquity. The resulting sculptures can look translucent like ancient glass in greens, grays, blues, whites &amp; yellows -- and she often adds mica &amp; resin to the surface to add a silvery or opaque finish to parts. They range in size from 12 to 36 in (aprx). Shari's website and IG: <a href="http://www.sharimendelson.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sharimendelson.com</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sharimendelson/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@sharimendelson</a> Current and Upcoming Exhibitions: <ul> <li><a href="https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions?museum%5Brenwick%5D=renwick" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Renwick Gallery</a> in WDC at The Smithsonian American Art Museum "This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World"</li> <li><a href="https://pamelasalisburygallery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pamela Salisbury Gallery</a> in Hudson, NY "Greetings and Offerings"</li> <li><a href="https://www.tibordenagy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tibor de Nagy Gallery</a> in NYC - Upcoming solo show 2023</li> <li><a href="https://www.jasonjacques.com/exhibitions/smoke2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Jacques Gallery</a> in NYC "Smoke" a benefit for The Lost Prisoner Project</li> </ul> Shari's Favorite Museum Collections: <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/257875" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> (esp. the Cesnola Cipriot Collection, Islamic Wing &amp; The Study Collection on the mezzanine above the Leon Levy &amp; Shelby White Court), <a href="https://www.penn.museum/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Penn Museum</a>, The British Museum, <a href="https://mann-napoli.it/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Naples National Archaeological Museum</a> (Pompeii &amp; Herculaneum collections) Fun Links: Review by Stephen Maine in <a href="https://hyperallergic.com/347002/shari-mendelson-message-in-a-bottle/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hyperallergic</a>: Ennion exhibit at the <a href=" https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/ennion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Met</a> <a href="https://ancientpottery.how/anasazi-art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anasazi Pottery</a> <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Israelite_Art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ancient Israeli Art</a> More about <a href="//metmuseum.org/toah/hd/edys/hd_edys.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Votive Figurines</a> Artist mentions: Bill Traylor, Alberto Giacometti, Rick Briggs, Jill Levine, Ancient Syrian vessel maker: Ennion, Portia Munson, Jennifer Coates, Kiki Smith, Phoebe Helander, Morgan Gilbreath Glue Talk™: Shari uses AdTech Crystal Clear Glue Sticks combined with a final coat of Magic-Sculpt resin Follow Pep Talks on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/peptalksforartists" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@peptalksforartists</a> &amp; Donate to the Peps: <a href="https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support</a>. Amy's website: <a href="https://www.amytalluto.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amytalluto.com/</a> Thank you for listening, rating, reviewing &amp; donating! All music is licensed from Soundstripe. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peptalksforartistspod/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peptalksforartistspod/message</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peptalksforartistspod/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peptalksforartistspod/support</a>

Ep 26: Interview with Shari Mendelson

Shari Mendelson is a sculptor who lives and works in Brooklyn and upstate New York. She looks to art history for inspiration for her work — especially ancient Greek, Roman, and Islamic glass and ceramic objects. With equal parts reverence and play, she reinterprets these ancient works using recycled plastic bottles. Conceptually her interest is in the dialogue between the rare, ancient works we value in museums and our contemporary throw-away plastic culture. Formally, her interest is in the exploration of structure, scale, color, opacity and translucency.Mendelson lives and works in Brooklyn and upstate New York. She has been the recipient of a John Simon Memorial Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (2017), four New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships (1987, 1997, 2011, 2017), and a Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant (1989). She has participated in residencies including Yaddo (2018, 1990), The MacDowell Colony (2018), the Bau Institute/Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France (2014), UrbanGlass (2014), Corning Museum of Glass (2015), and The Toledo Museum of Art GAPP residency (2017).She has had solo exhibitions at UrbanGlass, Pierogi, Black + Herron Space, and Todd Merrill Studio; NYC, and John Davis Gallery; Hudson, NY. She has participated in numerous two-person shows including a 2017 show at The John Molloy Gallery, NYC, and has been included in gallery and museum exhibitions including The Aldrich Museum, and The Brooklyn Museum. Her work is in the permanent collection of The RISD Museum, Providence, RI, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, The Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia. Mendelson's work has been featured in publications including in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Modern Magazine, Ceramics Now, Glass Quarterly, and NY Arts.Deer Askos, Repurposed plastic, hot glue, resin, acrylic polymer, paint, mica, 8x7x3, 2018, photo by Alan WienerGlasslike installation at UrbanGlass Brooklyn 2018 photo by Nils d'Aulaire

Shari Mendelson is a sculptor who lives and works in Brooklyn and upstate New York. She looks to art history for inspiration for her work — especially ancient Greek, Roman, and Islamic glass and ceramic objects. With equal parts reverence and play, she reinterprets these ancient works using recycled plastic bottles. Conceptually her interest is in the dialogue between the rare, ancient works we value in museums and our contemporary throw-away plastic culture. Formally, her interest is in the exploration of structure, scale, color, opacity and translucency. Mendelson lives and works in Brooklyn and upstate New York. She has been the recipient of a John Simon Memorial Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (2017), four New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships (1987, 1997, 2011, 2017), and a Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant (1989). She has participated in residencies including Yaddo (2018, 1990), The MacDowell Colony (2018), the Bau Institute/Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France (2014), UrbanGlass (2014), Corning Museum of Glass (2015), and The Toledo Museum of Art GAPP residency (2017). She has had solo exhibitions at UrbanGlass, Pierogi, Black + Herron Space, and Todd Merrill Studio; NYC, and John Davis Gallery; Hudson, NY. She has participated in numerous two-person shows including a 2017 show at The John Molloy Gallery, NYC, and has been included in gallery and museum exhibitions including The Aldrich Museum, and The Brooklyn Museum. Her work is in the permanent collection of The RISD Museum, Providence, RI, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, The Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia. Mendelson's work has been featured in publications including in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Modern Magazine, Ceramics Now, Glass Quarterly, and NY Arts. Deer Askos, Repurposed plastic, hot glue, resin, acrylic polymer, paint, mica, 8x7x3, 2018, photo by Alan Wiener Glasslike installation at UrbanGlass Brooklyn 2018 photo by Nils d'Aulaire