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Sullivan Goss
AN AMERICAN GALLERY
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Celebrating 24 Years of 19th, 20th and 21st Century American Art |
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"I've been asked many times |
Betty Gold was born in 1935 in Austin, Texas. She attended the University of Texas with a major in Elementary Education and a minor in Art History. After completing her studies, she entered the tutelage and apprenticeship of sculptor Octavio Medillan in Dallas, Texas. The sculpture of Venice, California based Betty Gold has received international recognition. With exhibitions in the U.S., Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe, it becomes apparent that Gold has been profoundly influenced by a number of cultures. Her fluency in Spanish and frequent travels to Palma de Mallorca, Spain influenced a series entitled tiron, Spanish for "to throw," focused around the shape and movement of bullfighters. The dynamic folds of the steel in her pieces are intended to mimic a bullfighter’s cape. Elegantly angular yet constructed of hefty cut and welded acero or steel in Spanish, her accomplished works reside in a number of international public and private collections. The artist prepares for a major retrospective in 2005 at the Casal Solleric in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Her exhibition of steel sculptures at Sullivan Goss was entitled Acero, or steel in Spanish. The maquettes, each a conceptual study for a monumental yet-to-be created sculpture, were created over a three-year period and inspired by the artist’s travels to Spain. Elegantly angular yet constructed of hefty cut and welded acero, the series represents the maturation of Gold’s interest in complex geometry exploring motion, space and form. The artist's work will also be featured at the University Art Museum of the University of California at Santa Barbara from July 5th though August 28, 2005. The focused exhibition will feature Gold's printworks from the museum's holdings and selected recent maquettes. |
Esbaluard Museu d’art Modern I Contamporani, De Palma Mallorica, Spain Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX The Albuqueque Museum, NM Museo Nacional Centrol de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA Skirball Museum , Los Angeles, CA New York University, New York, NY |
2005 Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain 2005 University Art Museum, U.C. Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 2003 Galerii Z, Zichyho Plac Bratislava, Stare Mesto, Slovakia 1997 Elite Gallery, Venice, CA 1995 Art Musuem of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX 1991 Exposium Galeria De Arte, Mexico DF, Mexico 1989 Nishida Gallery, Nara, Japan 1987 Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Korea 1981 University of Texas Art Museum, Austin, TX 1976 Laguna Gloria Art Musuem, Austin, TX |