Tri-State
Sculptors
Tri State Sculptors/members/Orselli
| Janet Orselli |
jo@janetorselli.com |
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Title: "In Dreaming" Dimensions: Medium: installation/performance Date Created: 2007 Location: Patriot Hall, Sumter, SC |
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Title: OK Harris solo exhibition Dimensions: 19'6" x 28'10" Medium: installation Date Created: 2007 Location: OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY |
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Title: "Crutchtrap Chair" Dimensions: 20 x 6 x 5 1/2" Medium: mixed media construction Date Created: 2006 |
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Title: "Traverse" Description: "Accessibility Columbia", Tapp's Department Store display window Dimensions: 10 x 13' space Medium: site-specific installation Date Created: 2006 Location: Main St., Columbia, SC |
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Title: "Dwelling Between" Dimensions: 30 x 41' Medium: installation/performance Date Created: 2006 Location: Appalachian State University, Boone, NC |
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Title: "Encircling Spaces" Description: North, South and Central Rotunda Galleries Dimensions: 3 rooms Medium: site-specific installation Date Created: 2005 Location: Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC |
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Title: "Encircling Spaces" Dimensions: Medium: site-specific installation Date Created: 2005 Location: Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC |
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Title: "Wishcase" Description: wishbones, frame, suitcase, wood, light Dimensions: 30 x 14 x 7" Medium: mixed media construction Date Created: 2004 |
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Title: "Baggage" Description: "Accessibility Sumter" Dimensions: 9 x 18' area Medium: site-specific installation Date Created: 2002 Location: Sumter, SC |
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Title: "Release" Description: Detail from "Baggage" installation. Materials" chestnut burs, feathers, metal, chair Dimensions: 32 x 16 x 16" Medium: mixed media construction Date Created: 2002 |
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Title: "inner view" Description: Installation for 2001 Triennial Dimensions: 10 x 29' space Medium: site-specific installation Date Created: 2001 Location: SC State Museum, Columbia, SC |
| Web sites that feature work by Janet Orselli |
| http://www.knowitall.org/naturalstate/html/acc-fa/J-Orselli/f_Introduction.cfm -- videos of artists work on ETV site |
| http://janetorselli.com -- artist personal web site |
| Artist's Statement |
My installations are imaginary spaces where objects have been assigned new purpose and meaning for the viewer to contemplate. These spaces give a sense of the past and evoke memory through the quality of the space as well as through the arrangement of constructed objects within the space. I incorporate everyday functional objects, like chairs, which carry a variety of associations. Chairs ar ...... more |
| Resume |
EDUCATION M.F.A. 2001 Clemson University B.A. 1976 Clemson University Psychology (cum laude) GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, $20,000 (2005) Spring Island Visiting Artist Program, Okatie, SC (2005) Artist Exchange Program, Kaiserslautern, Germany (2004) Pritchard's Island Artist Retreat Program, Beaufort Arts Council (2002) Anderson Ranch (Colo ...... more |