Polly Apfelbaum

1. Polly Apfelbaum Apfelbaum's work is both painting and sculpture, and perhaps photography and fashion and formless material process as well. Its all these things - wildly so and wildly not so.

2. Aims and ObjectivesInspired by Polly Apfelbaum! Create a piece of fibre Art based on the her creative style.Review your work and that of your peers.Create a page in your sketchbook about Polly Apfelbaum, review her work, evaluate and analyse it.

3. Colour is the key element in Polly Apfelbaum’s work, both visually and structurally. Her floorbound installations – which incorporate hundreds of pieces of velvet, hand-dyed in bold hues and often arranged in sprawling configurations that appear to be organically inspired – defy categories of art-making. Rainbow Park I, 2006 Unique multi color woodblock monoprint on Hiromi Handmade DHM-11 Triple Thick Paper 200.6 x 200.6 cm https://vimeo.com/27328688

4. The Dwarves Without Snow White, 1992 Synthetic crushed stretch velvet, dye, cardboard boxes each box 27 x 16 x 3 inches (68.6 x 40.6 x 7.6 cm) overall 27 x 131 x 3 inches (68.6 x 332.7 x 7.6 cm

5. Colour Revolts, 2012 Plasticine and polymer clay, glitter, flocking powder, embossing dust Dimensions variable

6. Born: 1955 Hometown: Abington, PA Lives and Works: New York, NY Website: www.pollyapfelbaum.com Education: BFA, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, 1978 BA, SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, NY Polly Apfelbaum About The Artist Known for her palette of eye-popping colors and hues, Polly Apfelbaum creates what she calls "fallen paintings," works which exist in a space between painting, sculpture, and installation. After using preliminary sketches and maps to plan the paintings, the designs are then arranged on the floor using hand-dye fabrics in vibrant, saturated colors. Organically inspired, her works channel both abstract painting with their geometric form and also non-representational subject matter, but maintain a physical and sculptural presence in the space within which they are contained. Considered one of the of the most original artists working today, Apfelbaum's paintings push past the traditional disciplinary forms and into pop culture, while forcing the viewer to revel in the pure aesthetic joy of the finished creation.

7. Love Me Tender 5, 2004 Unique multi color woodblock monoprint on Hiromi Handmade DHM-11 Triple Thick 99 x 99 cm

8. Funkytown, 2005-9 • Dye, synthetic velvet • 324.8 x 177.17 inches (825 x 450 cm)

9. Cartoon Garden, 2005 Synthetic fabric and dye 762 x 366 cm

10. Big Bubbles, 2001 Synthetic fabric and dye 549 cm diameter

11. Trends in contemporary art come and go with brisk regularity, yet pushing the boundaries between painting and sculpture is a perennial fascination. Polly Apfelbaum surfs this never-breaking wave with consummate skill, making “bi-formalism” a leitmotif of her floor-bound fabric installations, which have sometimes been referred to as “fallen paintings”. Fine Flowers in the Valley, 1992-3 Three sections: crushed stretch velvet, torn sheeting, and dye Variable Dimensions

12. Compulsory Figures, 1996 Synthetic velvet Dimensions variable

13. TasksInspired by Polly Apfelbaum! Create a piece of fibre Art based on the her creative style.Review your work and that of your peers.Create a page in your sketchbook about Polly Apfelbaum, review her work, evaluate and analyse it.