Valerie Margolis - Abstract Paintings and Wall Sculpture

<BODY> THE ARTIST Creating abstract paintings and wall sculptures, Valerie Margolis uses color, found materials (such as bandages, dental-models, harness and carpet), Judeo-Christian iconography and personal history in her paintings and wall sculptures. Her work explores themes of protection, injury, boundries, trailblazing and vestiges. "... Valerie Margolis' work is some of the more innovative and exciting I have seen in recent years. She has the uncanny ability to take detritus and commonplace objects and to artistically weave them into an access to cosmic rhythms. She is utterly ingenious in taking ancient art forms--such as religious icons or human body shapes-- and employing them in such a way that they become explosive with both old and new energy in our present context. Her art uncovers a world of transformative power to which few people have access." -- Father Xavier John Soubert, Ph.D. Department of Theology & Religious Studies Villanova University </BODY>