Shadows 1975
by Nancy Griswold
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22.000 x 46.000 inches
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Title
Shadows 1975
Artist
Nancy Griswold
Medium
Painting - Plexyglass And Spray Paint
Description
This is a light box I made in 1975. This is a piece of plexiglass mounted in a shadowbox which has light coming from behind it. I worked on a small series of these works after graduating with a graphics degree from Mount Ida Junior College. Hard edge work and optical works were still popular at this time. I lived in Watertown, Massachusetts on the third floor of a flat near Boston. I commuted everyday to Compugraphic Corporation were I held a full time job as a type designer before the digital era. These works I did on my time off from the job. I slept in a front room of an apartment and at night there were shadows of the hanging plants and house plants I had in the window. The shadows were on the wall and came from the street lights outside. I remember it was on Clarendon Street in Watertown, Massachusetts and it was a rough neighborhood, I was poor and ate lentils as a weekly staple for days. I traced the shadows onto the paper-backed plexiglass, cut away paper in stages and then sprayed the open areas with colored spray paints. The light shown from behind on exhibit and made fine art for a dark room.
This is a digitized slide I have made to share this with you. The wrok is gone and I have no idea of it's whereabouts.
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February 27th, 2012
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Comments (2)
Randy Burns
I love the materials you used creating this fascinating and mysterious image of shadows Nancy. This is a Wonderful world of light and shade. It reminds me of taking an afternoon nap and waking up noticing the play of shadows on the wall. F/L.
Nancy Griswold replied:
Thanks so much RAndy, yes, same thing and I traced the shadows I found appealing and somehow composed this work using them as a base. We are shadow gazers, thanks so much for the f/L