'Studying religious practices based on their ritual objects encouraged ElizabethEnglander to research an idiosyncratic mix of subjects, from the Catholic deification of St. Anthony to the intricacies of yantras.' - writes KatHerriman.
Elizabeth Englander is the kind of New Yorker who picks up an obnoxiously bright red-orange Mud coffee cup off the sidewalk and makes it into an angel . She is also the kind of New Yorker who lives by the ocean , perhaps the result of an up-bringing in coastal Massachusetts.
The 33-year-old sculptor started out as a painter in college, and the romantic impulse of that first practice now bleeds into her vivid, symbol-laden sculptures, which leverage found materials, a fondness for toys, and a dedication to MacGyvering new ways for others to see the beauty and meaning in everyday objects. There also happens to be a spiritual kink to the work. “Do you know what material religion is?” Englander asks me.
Currently, Englander’s studio resembles a toy box with plastic doll limbs and scattered wooden blocks. These are the ingredients, yet to be constructed, for a solo show this spring at Theta. “Did you know that before Buddhists would cut down trees for sculptures they would entreat the spirits already living in the wood to vacate them,” she tells me. Materials have past lives that aren’t always apparent. Englander is intent on bringing the baggage to the surface.
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