NATURE & PAPER
But what has maintained steadily throughout Bleifer’s entire career has been her appreciation for and exploitation of material – principally, but not solely, paper. [continued]
Waves IV, 2012
Waves V, 2019
In a sense, through paper, Bleifer is always balancing between the condition of painting and the condition of sculpture, fusing the facture of each into a hybrid that depends on its material to function both as support and as substance.
PETER FRANK
Art Critic, Curator, Poet
PAPER BECOMING TREE SERIES
Paper Becoming Eucalyptus I, II, III, IV (shown together in single photo), 1988
LARGE WORKS ON PAPER
Waves II, 1977, collage of 28 silkscreened prints, 40" x 80"
LARGE WORKS FROM MUSIC SERIES
Barnsdall Installation, 1985
SCREEN DRAWINGS
Screen Drawing I, 1978
Screen Drawing II, 1978
Screen Drawing III, 1978
Screen Drawing IV, 1978
Screen Drawing V, 1978
Screen Drawing VI, 1978
Screen Drawing VII, 1978
Screen Drawing VIII, 1978
Screen Drawing IX, 1978
Screen Drawing X, 1978
Screen Drawing XI, 1978
Screen Drawing XII, 1978
SOUTHWEST LANDSCAPES
Each series is comprised of unique compositions collaged out of a common printed matrix. I’ve used chemical and mechanical actions which replicate the forces of wind, water and chemicals to create similar, yet varied local landscapes.