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Randy Mersel Goldberger
Randy Mersel Goldberger is a master
sculptor, whose primary medium is stone. Her techniques and knowledge are
informed as much by her education as by her familiarity with, for example, the
Renaissance sculptures of Michelangelo. She has earned degrees from the Pete
Abate Studio in Brookline, Massachusetts, the DeCordova Museum School
in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and the Art Life Craft Institute in New
York City, to name just a few. Randy has also studied at the Nicolli
Sculpture Studios in Carrara, Italy, a Tuscan city famous for its quarries of
white and blue-grey marble. As the recipient of numerous awards and honors,
Randy’s talents have been duly recognized and appreciated by art critics,
curators, and collectors alike.
Writing about her sculpture and her creative
process, Randy has expressed the following: “For me, stone sculpture is a
question of contrast and balance. The play between light, air, and stone is very
important since I want you to see and feel how my sculptures interact with the
world that surrounds them. Although most of my sculptures are highly polished,
I purposely leave some of the stone raw so that the interplay of rough and the
smooth will elicit surprise in the viewer and expose the inherent beauty that
lies in each stone. I am constantly juggling the solidity of the stone against
the weightlessness of the surrounding space. In this way, what isn't there is as
important as what is there. Each stone sings a different song to me. I see the
finished form in my mind's eye even before I begin carving. Then I orchestrate
the stone, chipping away the distracting notes, until the melody is released.
For me, the process of carving is a removal of the discordant material from the
shape I know is there.”