Deborah Perlman

First Name Deborah

Last Name Perlman

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ENTER A TRANSITORY WORLD, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN REAL AND IMAGINED

I create paper sculpture in bas relief. My work features almost-but-not-quite real spaces, somewhere between authentic and imagined, sliding in and out of reality. Using paper and adhesive, I build 3-dimensional forms by cutting, scoring, and folding each element of a piece. I adhere them to the base, juxtaposing forms and shapes to highlight their points of contact and the shadows they cast.

Educated at Boston University (BFA, sculpture) and Cranbrook Academy of Art (MFA, sculpture), I see sculpturally. I’m inspired by African sculpture; the Constructivism, Geometric Abstraction and Cubism (Picasso, Braque, Lipschitz) art movements; Giorgio de Chirico’s ‘illogical perspective’ works; Joseph Cornell’s shadow boxes; and Frank Stella’s metal reliefs.

I ask you to consider: What is it? Where is it? What do you see? Do you find yourself in it, or not? Glimpse into my interpreted world and discover where you find yourse