Mixed Media Assemblage/Found Objects
I classify my works among several collections: Civic Inspiration, Nature and the Environment and Abstract Linear.
Civic Inspiration/Suburban Debris - The politics of our times offer endless content for art works. To capture the moment, sometimes I turn to graffiti. Often, for a lighter touch, I embrace a whimsical style. For my civic works, my style is mixed media, and generally I integrate found objects. Among other discarded materials -- the all too common detritus of our everyday lives -- I routinely incorporate discarded cardboard, plastic, costume jewelry, fabric and metal scraps and pieces of old compact discs. It is cathartic to assemble assorted discarded objects, and strategically obscure them in layers of gel and colorful paint. Additionally, when I sort discarded objects and include them in my works, I feel in some small way that I confront change.
Nature and the Environment/Suburban Debris - Gladly, the beauty of nature, and the routine of everyday life, often draws my attention away from civic matters. The changing seasons--flowers, trees and plant life--and differing geographies offer countless textures which I include in my work. Also, of course, there are darker issues that require attention. I am attentive to the environmental challenges of our time, including rising water, melting ice, fire and debris (plastics and other).
Not surprisingly, my life experiences contribute to my divergent art styles. A number of my earlier works are in the form of linear, Mid-Century style abstraction. When I seek clarity, I revert to this style. I find this form comfortably familiar.
About the Artist
Nadialindagoldstein.com Recent shows 2018-2023 My work “The Perilous Journey“ was included in the show entitled “Eye of the Beholder: The Art of the Found Object”, held at the Maryland Federation of Arts’s Circle Gallery in Annapolis, July 26-August 26, 2023. The work received a Juror's Choice award. You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5alKg9wMgk Political Storm, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna, CA, November 1, -December 31, 2022, included my work “The Perilous Journey”. Invasion, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, D.C., May-June 2022, included my work entitled, “Kharkiv”. WOW! 2, a show by CH/Art, March 16-June 10, 2022, Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland, featured my works “Blanket the Glaciers”, “BTG No.s 1 and 2”, “Broken” and “Lafayette Square”. My works were included in a show at ArtSeen Gallery, Rockville, Maryland, February/March 2022. The works included: “Trolls in the Garden”, “Fires Burn”, “Infrastructure 4/5”, “Rear View Mirror (Set of 4)” and “Night Swim”. My work “BBB No. 1” was included in Expo Metro, New York, December 12-18, 2021. My work, “Reawakened Bay”, was in the show, Art Optimism, at the Anthenaeum, Alexandria, Virginia, September 23-October 31, 2021. From June 29 to July 5, 2021, my work “Emerging from the Ice” was included in Expo Metro, in Monaco. “Their Loungewear and Masks-No. 2” and “Mouth Behind Mask” were in the Eye of the Beholder Exhibition 2021, a juried show at the Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD, June 24-July 24, 2021. You Tube: https://youtu.be/LTS1gdhB_pY?si=g7r4pekkvjZyGVgj These works were also included in Issue 15 of Artist Talk Magazine (a publication based in the United Kingdom). “Mouth Behind Mask” was in the juried show “We Begin Again”, hosted by CH/Art, Chevy Chase, MD, from February 25-March 31,2021. ”Rusted” was in the juried show “Strokes of Genius” at the Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD. The show ran from October 30-November 25, 2020. “Anxious” was in the show “Political Discord“ held by Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California. The show ran from September 26 to November 3, 2020. My work “National Fabric” (formerly, “Divide”) was in the juried show “Us: What Divides Us and Unites Us”. This was an international juried show was held by Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.; September 18-November 3, 2020. (Graffiti additions were subsequently made to the work in 2021, based on then current events.) ”Awaiting Vaccine” was in the juried show “Moments in Time...A Very Weird Time”. This show was at the Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia; September 10-October 18, 2020. “Waters Rise” was in the juried show “Rising Tides” held by The Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland; August 15-September 30, 2020. ”Anxious” (Series of 4 original canvases) was included in the show: “The Art of Protest“ held by The Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland; July 4 to July 25, 2020. “Party in Isolation: Hostess Dress” was included in the juried show “Food for Thought“ held by The Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland; June 15-July 31st, 2020. “If Fishy, Strings Attached" was at the Maryland Federation of Art's Circle Gallery from June 20 - July 20, 2019, as part of a juried exhibition entitled, Eye of the Beholder. Sixteen of my works were in a curated two-person show March-May, 2019, at the Lois & Richard England Gallery/Iona, Washington, D.C.. The show, "For Real" was curated by Joey Manlapaz, Professor, Corcoran College of Art and Design, George Washington University. “Pull the Curtains: Trolls in the Garden” was at the Maryland Federation of Art’s Circle Gallery Circle, November 2-26,2018. Maryland-Show - Strokes of Genius. The work received a Juror's Choice AwardFeatured Work
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