This curated selection combines two and three dimensional artworks to pair 15 of Blitt's black line drawings on paper with 19 sculptures (three of which are walls sculptures). Mediums represented therein include wood, steel, aluminum and bronze.
Blitt began making sculptures as an extension of her paintings in 1963, but it was not until the creation of the sculpture, Lunarblitt, in 1975, that she fully understood the undeniable synergy between her drawings and sculptures. From that moment forward, Blitt began making her gestural drawings on large pieces of paepr, and one after another these fluid marks found their way into the three dimensional platform.
“[This sculpture} felt more like me than anything I had ever created. It came from a little doodle! I realized then that the doodles I had been discarding all my life are the essence of me.”
On paper, Blitt's lines contain a kinetic energy and an imbedded sense of spirit. When translated into the third dimension, the sculptural drawings investigage our relationship with space and celebrate movement.
Yellow Ball
1975, stainless steel and aluminum, 72x60x24 in
Iceland Silent Energy
1995, painted steel, 50x40 in
Celebration 19
1988, acrylic on paper, 30x22 in
Celebration 17
1988, acrylic on paper, 30x22 in
Celebration 3
1988, acrylic on paper, 30x22
Splash of Light
1976, acrylic sheet, 16x24x18 in
Life Force III
1988, acrylic on paper, 30x22 in
Reaching Out
1989, acrylic on paper, 30x22 in
1989, acrylic on paper, 22x30 in
Big Eyes
1989, bronze, 10x13x2 in
Celebration
1989, acrylic on paper, 30x22 in
Black Box Baby Universe II
1989, aluminum, 22x30x7 in
Relating With Love
2004, stainless steel, 22x30x7 in
Passionate Gesture III
2005, stainless steel, 10.75x21.5 in
Passionate Gesture II
2005, stainless steel, 18x15.5x5 in
Reaching Out from Within I
1989, ink on paper, 30x22 in
Celebration 12
1988, acrylic on paper, 30x22 in
Life Force I
1988, acrylic on paper, 30x22 in
Fantasy
1989, stainless steel, 36x29x5 in
Iceland Surge
1993, bronze, 13x24x4 in
1989, acrylic on paper, 22x30 in
I Do
drawing and bronze sculpture
Hudgens Center for the Arts
Iceland Joyous Moment
1995, carbon steel, 42x21 in
Beauty and the Beast
2000, painted wood, 6.5x6.5x2 in
Celebration
1989, acrylic on paper, 30x22 in
Passionate Gesture IV
2005, stainless steel, 13x21,5 in
Inspiration
2005, stainless steel, 36x26x5 in
Juggling Life's Surprises
2005, stainless steel, 33x8x3 in
Splash of Light
1976, acrylic sheet, 16x24x18 in
Life Force I
1988, acrylic on paper, 30x22 in
Sharing aka Reaching Out 3
1990, ink on paper, 30x22 in
1989, acrylic on paper, 22x30 in
Needing One Another
2004, wood, 11x12.5x3 in
My Dear (variations of Black Box IX)
Haller Gallery