Covid Quartet NYC
Construction
Gale Rothstein, 2020
Covid Quartet NYC
I had been given these wonderful terracotta heads as a gift and had them in a box for years.
I did a lot of artwork during Covid lockdown.
Walking through Greenwich Village in NYC, I found 4 wood couch legs sitting in a puddle in the street.
Not being proud, I will pick up anything in the street that has artwork potential.
Next, I found a clean plastic bag in a nearby trash can.
Again, not proud.
I finally asked my friend about the heads.
She told me she had purchased them in Venice, and they were part of a kit to assemble a creche.
Here I thought the faces were tortured, while in fact they were transfixed.
| Gale Rothstein's art practice has always been about putting together the pieces. She makes assemblage sculptures in which assembled boxes and environments (Inter-Exteriors) emerge from a strong narrative and historical framework. Referenced through reuse, the work is informed by her former career as a jewelry designer and life-long pursuit of collecting antiques, collectibles, found objects, harvested broken appliances, and other used items. Rothstein's work is influenced by her father's memory, who was a jack of all trades and one of the original recyclers and re-purposers decades before it was commonplace. She inherited his collection of parts and incorporates many of his objects into her assemblages, further supporting the work's historical and personal foundation. |
Gale Rothstein works in the Garment District neighborhood of New York
More of her work can be seen on her website at galerothsteindesigns.com
email Gale at galerothstein@gmail.com