Goldner, Janet

Title:
News Reports from Planet Earth, 2022

Exhibition Date:
July 2021

Acrylic on Canvas

Comment:
 My current body of work is in part a response to a patriarchal structure and a dominating power system that has survived generations of political protests and the fight for equality.

30 x 30 inches

Keywords:
Oil,Canvas,Paper

Goldner, Janet

Location, ST

"Since my Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, I have traveled to Mali every year for projects, research, inspiration and friendship. I received four Fulbright Specialist grants and grants from the Ford Foundation, the UN Special Committee Against Apartheid. Exhibition highlights include Multiple Exposures and Global Africa Project, Museum of Arts and Design; Women Facing AIDS, New Museum; Have We Met?, at Colgate University. Permanent collections include the American Embassy in Mali, the city of Segou, Mali and the Islip Museum on Long Island, NY."

Artist Statement

I’m an artist, poet, and curator, and Artistic Director of Artpoetica Project Space in

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Image Info

Goldner, Janet

Title:
Box 2, 2022

Welded Steel
22 x 24 x 8 inches

Exhibition Date:
Spring 2023

Comment:

“The works in my Steel Collage series are pieced together from outtakes and scrap steel from my previous works. The abstract forms are inspired by my work about immigration and my ongoing inspiration from African culture. ” 

Keywords:
welded steel, steel sculpture

Ladder

2022
Welded Steel 
22 x 20 x 5 inches

Exhibition Catalogue:
Spring 2023

Boat

2022
Welded Steel 
22 x 16 x 3 inches

Exhibition Catalogue:
Spring 2023

Floor Plan

2022
Welded Steel 
14 x 30 x 3 inches

Exhibition Catalogue:
Spring 2023

Box

2022
Welded Steel 
20 x 22 x 5 inches

Exhibition Catalogue:
Spring 2023

Goldner, Janet

Lives and works in New York City and spends several months every year in Mali.

"Since my Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, I have traveled to Mali every year for projects, research, inspiration and friendship. I received four Fulbright Specialist grants and grants from the Ford Foundation, the UN Special Committee Against Apartheid. Exhibition highlights include Multiple Exposures and Global Africa Project, Museum of Arts and Design; Women Facing AIDS, New Museum; Have We Met?, at Colgate University. Permanent collections include the American Embassy in Mali, the city of Segou, Mali and the Islip Museum on Long Island, NY."

“Bridging diverse cultures, my art celebrates the unique beauty and genius of each as well as what we share. I make steel sculptures and installations that also include photography and video. Research in the form of immersive fieldwork is important to my work. Annual visits to Mali, for more than two decades, provide inspiration. My art traces my enduring exploration of sculptural form, my ongoing relationship with African culture, and my lifelong involvement in social activism.

I engage in long-term collaborations, particularly with Malian artists. We are all, at the same time, researcher and object of research producing dialogue and concrete works of art. Working trans-culturally unites people from different cultures, education, histories. The exchange of perspectives and contexts can highlight global similarities and specific cultural differences as contributors think together, contributing beliefs and strategies from their individual experiences. As the work continues over a long period of time, the result can be an identity that is not exclusively linked to a geographic location or ethnicity but to new cultural and conceptual realms.”  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         –Janet Goldner