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Paige Bradley is an American sculptor known for representative figurative bronzes. Bradley became popularly known for her sculpture concept, ''Expansion'', a work of bronze and electricity depicting a woman's figure in a cross-legged position with light emanating from cracks in her body, originally photographed in 2004 against a Manhattan skyline. Paige Bradley is a classically trained American sculptor living and working in London, England. Her representative figurative bronzes reveal the beauty of the human form as well as the complex, often contradictory, yearnings of the human spirit. In an era when abstract and conceptual sculpture is often favored over figurative works, Bradley maintains her love of figurative art. She believes that the figure can speak an essential, timeless and universal language, one that powerfully evokes the nuanced elements of the human experience. In 2001 Bradley was voted into the prestigious National Sculpture Society, as a professional sculptor. In 2006 (Ballet International Foundation ) commissioned her to create a bronze award to be given annually at major international competitions. 2 “Her sculptures demonstrate an ability to fuse human emotion and spirituality into an immediately appealing, yet profound form of communication,” said Andreas Kronenberg, founder and president of Ballet International. Her piece “Freedom Bound” was installed in the lobby of the new Dance Complex at (Point Park University ) in Pittsburgh, when it opened in 2008. Much of Bradley’s work emanates from her desire to use art as a medium that is both healing and inspirational. An example is “The Ribbon of Hope and Courage” which in 2012 was donated to (St. Cloud Hospital ) in Minnesota. Suspended approximately 15 feet above the floor in a glass-walled room, the piece features a dancer performing an arabesque and trailing a 50-foot-long bronze ribbon that rises above her and then unfurls across the room. Speaking in the hospital’s magazine, Bradley said, “My wish is that this sculpture will help inspire those with pain to feel free again, and those with troubles to feel light again. The magic of art, however, is that I can never imagine the profundity of what the viewer can bring to the meaning of the work.” ” ==Early Life and Education== Born in Carmel, California, Bradley knew from an early age that she wanted to become an artist. A high school teacher noticed her talent and encouraged her to enter a local competition, for which she cast her first bronze – the winning entry – at the age of 17. Bradley received a full scholarship to study art at (Pepperdine University ) in Malibu, California. She enrolled in 1992. But the school’s conservative Christian ethos did not allow students to draw from live nude models, which Bradley had been doing since she was ten years old. Rather, she and her fellow art students had to “learn” anatomy by drawing their teachers fully clothed. This was an obstacle for someone whose passion for figurative art required a thorough grounding in human anatomy. As part of the Pepperdine curriculum, Bradley spent her sophomore year studying abroad in Florence, Italy. But the program offered no studio art classes, so she took night drawing classes at the (Florence Academy ) to keep her skills sharp. She also traveled throughout Europe in committed pursuit of all things relating to and created by Michelangelo. “I wanted to stand where he stood and see what he saw,” she says.3 Upon returning to the U.S. in 1994, Bradley left Pepperdine and entered into what would be a ten-year apprenticeship with sculptor Richard MacDonald. She began by performing the most menial tasks and eventually worked with him on large projects, such as The Flair, which was commissioned for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. During that time, she also enrolled at the (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ) in Philadelphia. Her talent earned an invitation to participate in the (National Sculpture Society’s ) “Young Sculptors Competition.” Her work remains in the Pennsylvania Museum of Fine Arts. But even there, at the nation’s oldest classical art school, she encountered bias against the figure. One professor, she recalls, told her, “You’ll tire of the figure when you’ve matured.” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paige Bradley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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