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Gary Michael Weisman

Gary Michael Weisman (Born 1952) is active/lives in Pennsylvania, Illinois.  Gary Weisman is known for Life size nude and animal sculpture.

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A teacher and sculptor of life-size figures and animals, "notable for their energetic musculature and rich, patinated surfaces" (1), Gary Weisman has been on the faculty as a professor of sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art since 1986. He is a member of the National Sculpture Society and is noted for his close attention to details through all of processes in creating his sculptures.

He built his own foundry, mixes his own clay in 700-pound batches, uses the lost-wax process in casting his work, and then does the finish work of sanding and polishing.

Many of his works are in public places including the Outdoor Sculpture Plaza for the city of Duluth, Minnesota; and Pepsico/Elmira College in New York. Other sculptures are located in the Union League Club in Chicago, and Cigna Corporation in Philadelphia.

Weisman studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1973 to 1974, and at Columbia University where he received a BFA in 1976.

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Facts about Gary Michael Weisman

   Gary Michael Weisman  Born:  1952 - Chicago, Illinois
Known for:  Life size nude and animal sculpture

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A teacher and sculptor of life-size figures and animals, "notable for their energetic musculature and rich, patinated surfaces" (1), Gary Weisman has been on the faculty as a professor of sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art since 1986. He is a member of the National Sculpture Society and is noted for his close attention to details through all of processes in creating his sculptures.

He built his own foundry, mixes his own clay in 700-pound batches, uses the lost-wax process in casting his work, and then does the finish work of sanding and polishing.

Many of his works are in public places including the Outdoor Sculpture Plaza for the city of Duluth, Minnesota; and Pepsico/Elmira College in New York. Other sculptures are located in the Union League Club in Chicago, and Cigna Corporation in Philadelphia.

Weisman studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1973 to 1974, and at Columbia University where he received a BFA in 1976.

Source:
"Who's Who in American Art", 2003-2004
(1) American Arts Quarter, Winter 2004


Biography from Wendt Gallery

In Weisman's sculptures, his intense search for contemporary content seems to continually involve a retrieval of the past.  Being figurative, his work confronts the preeminent motif of all historical sculpture.  His figures reflect the influence of the canons of Greek design, the romance of the Renaissance and, later, Rodin, as well as the universal sculptural language of Brancusi or Egyptian stelae.  Most of all, Weisman's work continues the timeless preoccupation we have with ourselves, our bodies, and the human condition.  In it, he extrapolates the drama that our bodies and beings create, and inspires in the viewer a sense of awe for the heroics we can mentally construct, or physically perform.

It is Weisman's ability to touch upon a spiritual component that holds such promise for the future for this young sculptor.  Spirit is an ingredient that often manifests itself later in an artist's life, and Weisman's ability to touch upon it, now, distinguishes his work more than any other factor.  Weisman insists on doing each stage of creating a sculpture by himself.  As his own modeler, caster, foundryman, and patinist, he is able to exploit the characteristics of each process to enhance the end result he envisions.  The fortitude, knowledge, and skill to work in this fashion are rare attributes, today.


Biography from Principle Gallery

Born in Chicago, Illinois

Education:
1976 BFA Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
1973-4 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Faculty Appointments:
1986-present Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, appointed, Philadelphia, PA
1982 Manatee College, drawing instructor, Sarasota, FL

Awards
2003-8 Who's Who in America, Honored by US State Department
2004 Honored by White House, Washington D.C.
2004 Honored by US State Department, Washington D.C.
1998 New York State Council on the Arts
1997 Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
1997 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Fellowship
1996 Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1996 Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
1994 Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1993 Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
1993 Rosier Memorial Sculpture Award, Philadelphia
1992 National Academy of Design Sculpture Award
1985 Wilson Drawing Award1985 Stimson Sculoture Award, Philadelphia
1984 Stewardson Sculpture Award


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