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Donna Hapac
Figure 8/Infinity, Orignal Abstract Sculpture, 2020

2020

$2,750
£2,111.74
€2,422.49
CA$3,864.07
A$4,327.52
CHF 2,258.03
MX$52,858.77
NOK 28,728.68
SEK 27,080.23
DKK 18,078.77

About the Item

Artist Commentary: I found a nice wooden towel holder that attaches to the wall and kept it around my studio for awhile thinking about how to use it in my sculpture. I was inspired by another artist's cantilevered sculptures and decided to build a reed sculpture that cantilevered from the wall. The figure eight or infinity symbol was a form that gave the piece the strength it needed to jut out. I created this one without any plan drawings Keywords: abstract, organic, fiber art, gestural Artist Biography: Donna Hapac has been an artist since she was in high school and always eager to make things. Her art has evolved as she has developed in her interests and connections to the world around her. Nature is her current preoccupation. Plants and animals are the launching pad for exploring forms and patterns. Her sculptures allow the viewer to bring their own associations to what they see. Is it a bird, a flower, or something else more elusive? After years of painting and drawing, her curiosity led her to making sculpture. These initial efforts were inspired by contemporary basketry, ethnic crafts and other fiber art. She has built many sculptures using basketmaking materials to create open-weave forms with a grid-like structure. Hapac’s building process was adapted from artifacts she saw at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. The artifacts were maps made from grass and reed by Pacific Islanders. The materials were lashed together, charting ocean currents for navigating the south seas. Over time, she incorporated other materials, including wood. Recently, she has focused on constructing her sculptures from wood, carving multiple “building blocks” on a bandsaw and assembling them into lively objects that convey a sense of energy, life and movement. The wood works are frequently made from reclaimed pine planks extracted from old barns and urban “tear-downs.” Older pine has a dense grain and greater strength than that from recently harvested trees. Reusing this discarded wood gives it a new life as sculpture. Hapac has been creating sculpture for more than 25 years. She has a bachelor’s degree in painting and a master’s in drawing, and is mostly self-taught in sculpture.
  • Creator:
    Donna Hapac (American)
  • Creation Year:
    2020
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 21 in (53.34 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 43 in (109.22 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Boston, MA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 713561stDibs: LU163429491562

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