The Message
by Kelsey Zalimeni
Carole Feuerman's bronze sculpture 'The Message' recalls simpler times of communication, before the days of emails, smartphones, and social media. The shimmering figure stoops gracefully to retrieve a mysterious note; the viewer is left to wonder about its contents and sender. With her polished bronze finish, it is almost as though this woman is comprised of the sunlight she basks in.
'The Message', 2013- Bronze, 46 x 27 x 32 inches
The figure is shown in a phase of tension between receiving and reading this message. There is no subject line, no sender address... no telling who or where it is from until she reads it. 'The Message' romanticizes human communication through this glimmering bronze figure caught in a moment of suspense.
Carole A. Feuerman
Carole A. Feuerman is an American sculptor and author working in Superrealism. She is credited with starting the movement in the late 1970s. She is known for her figurative works of swimmers and dancers. Her work is in the selected collections of thirty-five museums, owned by the City of Peekskill, New York, and the City of Sunnyvale California, Former President Clinton, the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Mr. Steven Cohen, Maluma, Andrea Bocelli, Alexandre Bartelle, and the Forbes Magazine Collection. In 2011, she founded the Carole A. Feuerman Sculpture Foundation. She lives and works in New York.