Norma Minkowitz
Norma Minkowitz, a fiber artist born in 1937 in New York, started her artistic career by studying pen and ink drawings at the Cooper Union Art School in 1958. Over time, she transitioned into fiber art and became a notable figure during the 1970s fiber art movement. Minkowitz’s art symbolizes the dual themes of shelter and entrapment. Much of her fiber work resembles netting or mesh, materials that convey both delicacy and the strength of steel mesh, symbolizing aspects of the human condition.
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Walking Through My Winter Garden (2016)
Circe (2023)
“As my work evolves, one thing remains consistent: I am engaged in creating works that weave the personal and universal together.”
My Cup Runneth Over (2008)
30 1/2 × 23 × 17 Mixed Media Courtesy of the artist
Taking A Closer Look At “Walking Through My Winter Garden”
“My work is spontaneous and not planned beforehand. I approach my work as if I were drawing on paper or directly on a female form caressing the shape with line and pattern and themes that often reflect my mood, thoughts of nature or darker instincts. Sometimes I work directly on the mannequin and often just make parts that I would later attach as my ideas come to fruition and my sense of color and line directs me . Working directly on the mannequin is connected to my sculptural work as I often crochet directly on a female body form as well as objects that inspire me. The material is stiffened and then removed from the form and the sculpture becomes transparent and fragile looking. In creating the wearable art, the fibers become opaque and the work reflects a painting or drawing.”
