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Artist Statement:
The more universal, the more
primal the thought, the form
and the color, the more
powerfully the work will speak
to the harmony within each
human being. It will stand
aloof of current trends and
transcend style, taste and
method. Color, I have
discovered, has a life of its
own and its vibrations speaks
directly to the emotions,
while form and line, based on
number and measure, speak
directly to the mind.
The ‘Golden Mean’ - the
perfect division or Phi - is a
proportional and mathematical
mystery that has intrigued
philosophers and inspired
architects and artists since
ancient times. It has provided
me with a harmonious structure
- a way to begin the process
of experimentation, creation
and play...the compass and
ruler are my tools to divide
the space and break up the
void...in this case the
whiteness of the canvas or
paper. The structure often
yields to an image arising in
the minds eye and the lines
and arcs become obliterated in
the intuitive outpouring of
color and gesture.
Much of my work is about
space and aims to express the
subtle movements from depth to
surface, from the
insubstantial to the concrete,
from emptiness to fullness,
from inner ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SELECTED ONE-PERSON
EXHIBITIONS
Galerie Raubach, St. Gallen,
Switzerland, Small
Constructions, August 30 -
October 15, 2002
Galerie Raubach, St. Gallen,
Switzerland, New Work on Paper
by Astrid Fitzgerald, Spring
2001
Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts
Gallery, SUNY at UCCC, Stone
Ridge, N.Y, Cosmic Measures,
Fall 2000
Murakami Gallery, New York ...
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Artist Reviews:
“These quiet icons,
produced from generation to
generation (Mondrian 50 years
ago, Rothko 30 years ago,
Fitzgerald today), are signs
of an underlying
contemplativeness that will
not settle for being rushed
through a deformed
world....[these works] are
respectful of the world and
its order, respectful of human
consciousness, ready...
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Collections:
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Union Bank of Switzerland, New
York City, 1990; Hyatt Regency
Hotel, Albuquerque, N.M.,
1990;
I.B.M., Atlanta, Ga. 1988;
Kindercare Corporation,
Montgomery, Ala. 1985; I.B.M.,
Marcel Breuer Building, Boca
Raton, Fla., 1985; Ashly Plaza
Hotel, Tampa, Fla., 1985;
Ridgeway Corporation, Atlanta,
Ga., 1984; Coin ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Galleries for Astrid Fitzgerald:
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Raubach Galerie, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Ellen Price, New York, NY
Galerie Schoenenberger, Kirchberg, Switzerland
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