Stanley Bleifeld

"The Baker" Stanley Bleifeld Bronze Sculpture 7/7 of a Man Using a Brick Oven

1967

I first realized my love for visual storytelling when I began producing and directing television shows. Starting with the writer’s script, my palette was everything seen through the camera’s lens: actors, movement, light, and mood. Shot by shot, I wove together these images into two-dimensional dramas. I longed, however, to tell my own stories, to move beyond words and pictures, and to explore themes that ignited my imagination. My sculptures and assemblages became the three-dimensional stories I wanted to tell; stories about relationships, childhood, time passage, marriage, motherhood, and secrets never told. My sculpting process always begins with a tiny bit of clay to which I add more, never knowing how any piece will end. I don’t use models...

I first realized my love for visual storytelling when I began producing and directing television shows. Starting with the writer’s script, my palette was everything seen through the ...

Medardo Rosso The Mischief or Gavroche Impressionist sculpture depicting a laughing little boy, the figure half-length of the laughing boy in the cap and the face turned to the lef...

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