Occupation/type of work (students: field of study)
Painter,Multimedia artist
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https://amycohenbanker.com
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Andygrace
Little bit more about me:
AMY COHEN BANKER was born in Bronx,NYC,NY in 1960. She graduated from Cornell University in 1975,School of Human Ecology,Design and Environmental Analysis,Human Development and Family Studies,B.S. 1992:Isabel O'Neill School of Decorative Arts,New York University,Appraisal Studies,Jewelry Antiques,Fine Art,Parsons School of Design,Photography. She is known for paintings,installations,multimedia,photography,video projects that have been shown world wide in Museums and public and private collections including Hermitage Museum,Chelsea Art Museum,Whitney Art Museum,Metropolitan Museum of Art,Barcelona Modern Art Museum,Jewish Museum of London,Museum of Modern Art. She is been exhibiting since 1992.
She lives and works in New York.
"I work in a variety of mediums:acrylic,oil,pastels,aquarelle,oil sticks,varnishes,glazes,finishing and surface techniques. I explore the basic issues of opacity,color,form,depth,obfuscation and revelation in life,language and in art. I cannot help but be influenced by philosophy,poetry,literature,psychological symbolism,fairy tales,music,myths,conceits,metaphors,especially of strong feminist models:women's conflicting roles in a changing time throughout the centuries. I am using background in design,two and three dimensional techniques and aesthetics. My background is integrated with my writing,psychology,my early childhood and life experiences evolving as a woman and mother combining international study to explore these issues in an organized but abstract way. I tend to reinvent the same themes,work from a structure and then proceed to distress,demolish,recreate and conserve. Inner retoration,survival challenging reality vs. myth.
