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FOUNDER
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COVER
Kate Birch
VOL . 04
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MOST iNFLUENTIAL ART magazine
is a contemporary art publication with
an explicit goal of bridging the gap
between emerging, mid-career, and
established artists.
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Sima Schloss has been making art since
childhood. She received her MFA in Painting
from Lehman College in Bronx, NY and has
been featured group exhibitions throughout the
United States. She is currently represented by
Beacon Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts.
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AMALGAMATION (MIDIOSA) mixed media on paper 40"x40"
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My work is a bridge between
abstraction and figuration. The
abstraction of a figurative piece allows
my mind to be free and unfettered.
This allows me a sense of fearlessness
because there’s no preconceived notion
of what the end will be.
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INSTINCTS mixed media on paper 7"x12" — LEFTNO EXIT mixed media 27"x35" — RIGHT
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FLAMETHROWER mixed media on canvas 12"x24" — LEFTA LIE IS JUST A BURIED TRUTH mixed media on paper 27"x29" — RIGHT
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With no preconceived notion of the end product, my figurative work
is allowed to take its own shape and form in a way similar to how an
abstract painting emerges from the canvas, rather than is planned by
the artist. I work from a real or imagined figure and then add layers to
it. Essentially my figures are just shapes. I start with the basic forms and
respond to them. Because I am working on the figure as an abstraction
rather than as a portrait per se, it allows me to create imagined beings
using non-traditional materials.
Rather than reproducing a person
or a look I seek to recreate emotions, experiences, or moments in our shared
experiences. These moments are evoked in the titles I carefully choose for my pieces.
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ITS NOT ABOUT THE CONVERSATION BUT THE INVITATION mixed media on canvas 12"x24" — LEFT TOPWE ARE ALL GATHERING ALONE mixed media on paper 8"x15" — LEFT BOTTOMGOOD ISNT ALWAYS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE mixed media on paper 4"x27" — RIGHT