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About

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About
Marilyn Lucey, is a BFA graduate of the Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine with a major in sculpture and a minor in drawing. Previous to her fine arts career, she was a toy designer for Hasbro and Mattel, also a freelance children’s book illustrator represented by Bookmakers Inc.

Artist Statement
Sculpture has given voice to my visual practice. What is contemporary sculpture? Some may say minimalist three-dimensional works, while others may argue for hyper-realistic creations; my own explorations represent the unique human qualities of individual people through cast bronze and plaster works. A friend once said, “ People are my palette.” This statement resonated with me as my subject of choice is the recording of the people and times in which I live. Great female sculptors have been working in these mediums and recording their histories since the Renaissance. The beauty and magnitude of their figurative work has inspired my career in sculpture. The work I create is but a small representation of how their legacy influenced this emerging artist. Recently, my practice has expanded to include the two-dimensional plane. As a design artist working in paint, pastel and digital imagery on a flat plain, I question the chasm between art in the round verses art on a surface. The work of Lee Bontecou, a process artist working in canvas, steel, wire and oils, has stimulated my experimentation. My current works have included ceramics, woodcraft, fibers, print, video and painting to support the social investigations within the pieces.

Art critic Lucy Lippard suggests, “… artists of all kinds might be seen as the keepers of human racial memory – natural archeologists.” Recording our experience of the world around us, artists have the ability to open the door of communication, stimulating esthetic, personal, or political inquiries.

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