/Elizabeth Glixman
Elizabeth Glixman
My Mother Had Dreams
collage: fabric, ribbons, glitter, markers, photos
16″ x 20″
2020-2022
Not For Sale
My mother was born in 1917. When I look at her childhood picture used in this collage, I wonder what her dreams were. Did she want to grow up and get married? I suspect she wanted that and more, like many women of her generation. Between the child and the grown woman, what happened? Culture? Obligations? Love? Economics? We are products of conditions and circumstances.
Elizabeth Glixman
Shape Shifting
Inspired by: Joyce Tenneson, Fork Shaped Tree Kenro Izu, Blue #1010B
digital image made from 3D paper construction
11″ x 9″
2019
This work is a digitalized image of a 3D large folded triangular shape. I wanted to manipulate (flatten) a 3D paper construction with a digital program. Out of one piece came another. Shapes transform everywhere in life in our inner and outer landscapes. In this case, the flattening and the color made it unrecognizable with the 3D shape. It was like the process of birth in nature where change takes place constantly.
Elizabeth Glixman
To My Surprise
fabric, ribbons, string, wire, beads, pipe cleaners
5″ x 7”
2024
This work is one of the collages in an ongoing series of collages called “That’s A Wrap”. I want to simplify the process of attaching fabric and other materials to a canvas. The idea is to shape the surface through braiding, twisting, weaving, stapling, wrapping and knotting without adhesives, to make the image textural and multilayered.
Elizabeth Glixman
They Were in Love During the War. Everywhere. In Every Country. All They Want is Peace.
collage, pencils, photocopies, words
16″ x 12″
2023
The rules of war that say protect human rights are being ignored. People in numerous places in our world are “collateral damage.” This collage shows a couple recently married and separated by war in 1945. I wanted to create empathy for all couples in places of conflict in 2024 where war brings separation and loss. This couple was reunited. Others in 1945 and 2024 were not as fortunate. When will we as a species gain the awareness that war solves nothing?