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Utilizing the accidental, but imposing her own order, Elsa Blum's sculpture is usually
abstract, without explicit representational referents. Often gestural in quality, it
evokes a sense of rhythm, movement and/or flight. A recent series is suggestive of fire
in its numerous forms and variations, giving substance to the ephemeral, shape to the
amorphous, permanence to the transitory.
Generally made of welded steel, the molten metal itself, sometimes shaped by gravity or
the forces of the gasses of the torch, is often an essential component of sculptural
composition, providing textural contrast or forming a surface. New work begins with a
sculptural idea, sometimes emanating from combing pieces of material at hand, sometimes
from more specific initial images. Elsa Blum finds the elasticity of this medium
particularly appealing, permitting generative change throughout the creative process.
Elsa Blum has exhibited in New York City, Long Island and Philadelphia and is
represented in numerous private collections.
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