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Freestanding sculptures are those which stand on their own. Either they stand on the floor or hang from the wall. They are usually but not always large scale. Some freestanding pieces may be used in general furniture settings as art furniture, such as with the cocktail table spool series. Both Hooked and Road Kill (currently in progress) have mosaic tile tops to accommodate cocktails, of course. Another division of Deborah's work is called sculptural painting and fits in this category since they are wall hanging sculptures done with mixed media materials in a framed painting format. The wonderful thing about the pieces is that the frames never "frame" the piece but simply act as another of the mediums within the sculpture.
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Table top sculptures are those which need a place to land. Sometimes this is a table and sometimes it is a shelf. In the case of Underwire, Deborah's first ever multimedia large scale bra, it is cleverly displayed by the collector (spotlighted) hanging from the wall. The Brats also by definition fit in this category but since they are so unique they get their own page; see the Brats page for these precious mini table top sculptures.
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Small scale by definition means the piece is around the size of the artist's hand or smaller. These intimate pieces are often the most affordable and done as commissioned pieces. Many of the little pieces are therefore in private collections and guarded fiercely by their owners.
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The category of "Brat" was first invented by Deborah as a merging of the word Maquette and the word bra. (Traditionally the word maquette is used for a study of or for a large sculpture i.e.: Rodin and Henry Moore both produced numerous maquettes of large scale sculptures) The large scale tabletop sized bras are the basis for these miniature bra sculptures and so from "bra-ette" she formed the word "Brat". When research of the history of the word "brat" revealed the English dialect root meaning "coarse garment", she exclaimed: "How perfect is that?"
And the rest, as they say, is art history...
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The Deborah Burge Studio is located on the beautiful central coast of California.
Contact the studio for an appointment!
All art work and concepts are copyrighted © as the intellectual property of Deborah Burge solely
and may not be copied or published without the artist or artist's designated agent's express permission
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