Sylvia Raz
Sylvia has exhibited at Artists Union Gallery and Museum of Art, Ventura; and Museum of Art, Santa Paula
"Ainadamar"
Assemblage of Acrylic, wood and photograph
“Inspired by Osvaldo Golijov’s opera ‘Ainadamar’, it concerns the shadow cast by the poet Frederico Garcia Lorca on the life of his friend, actress Margarita Xirgu. Lorca was executed by Fascist soldiers in the Spanish Civil War, in a place called Ainadamar, or Fountain of Tears in Moorish. In the background, a photo of a painting by Francisco Goya of Spanish patriots assassinated by French invaders, painted one hundred years earlier, supposedly in the same place.”
"The Reader"
Acrylic painting
"Out of Slavery"
Life size Sculptural assemblage; Ceramic, metal chain, nails, acrylics.
This work deals with our inner selves -- Preoccupation, fear, elation, rebirth, Hope. Life. A new beginning.
"Three Chickens in Paradise"
Sculptural assemblage on wood: Rubber chickens, metal, acrylics, and chicken recipes; 20” x 30”
A meditation on our consumeristic society and the plight of the animals…
“Eve Creating Herself in Her Own Image”
She has issues with the idea of the almighty just creating her from Adam’s rib, and to assist him!
So she’s knitting herself, and it’s going to be a long and arduous job; that’s why it is unfinished! Women have to work hard to achieve recognition and equality.
“Quarantini Time”
She is reclining on a chaise lounge nursing a “quarantini”. My grandmother taught me to knit – gloves with fingers and socks. So I figured I could knit a whole woman’s body.
Knitted in 2020
Shown at Ojai Museum of Art
Sylvia has exhibited at Artists Union Gallery and Museum of Art, Ventura; and Museum of Art, Santa Paula
