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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 Galleries:
Raubach Galerie, St. Gallen,
Switzerland
Ellen Price, New York, NY
Galerie Schoenenberger,
Kirchberg, Switzerland...
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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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Artist Statement for Astrid Fitzgerald
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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 to outer realities, but always questions the apparent solidity of matter, of surface and material.
The inspiration for my recent work - a view into primal forces - not only comes from ancient texts, but also from modern science, mainly the strange new findings in physics and the indescribably beautiful images coming to us from deep space...from the microcosm and macrocosm. What these images all have in common is their energy, seen in the shifting of chaos and order coming from a single source.
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