Sy Gresser

Statement:
Sy Gresser believes that art celebrates human existence on a spiritual level and transcends the ideas of religion- any religion as well as the ideas of race.? He feels that his sculpture have a universality of line and form mixed with what he calls, " impossible juxtapositions." Of his work he is fond of saying, " when I look at a stone if I capture some human warmth and sense of meaning, I feel I have been successful.That is all I ask" However, with regards to his most recent series entitled "Hominids" and "Tribal Faces", he has more to say. "These sculptures comprise a faith in image, a sense of belonging to all conscious matter that began long before our measurements of time.As image, tracings of humanoid form exist throughout the works, some easily visible, some more dependent on the imagination. They are not meant to convey beauty or race in the formal aesthetic perception, as much as they are meant to convey a shared heritage of who we were and who we have become through a literal invasion of relationships; of finding correspondences throughout the interchange that occur when we see others and thus ourselves and even more so the reverse of what happens when we become aware of the tangibles that exist throughout human continuity. The impact of these stone carvings is the structure that has come to define the extensions of my having been in the world of now."

Biography:
Sy Gresser has been sculpting in stone and wood for over 50 years.He was groomed originally for a career in business and had received advanced degrees from the University of Maryland. Then through the encouragement of a friend, he enrolled in a summer carving class at George Washington University. From that moment on, Sy ahs carved stone. He studied further at the Institute of Contemporary Fine Art in Washington, D.C. where he met his mentor, Bill Taylor. Over the years, Mr. Gresser has completed a number of carving residencies as such reknown locations as the Sculpture Studio in Washington, D.C., Yale University, Wesle Theological Seminary, and Mt. Rushmore National Memorial. His sculptures have been exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, Belgium, England and Mexico as well as in the American Embassies in Abudhabi, the Fiji Islands, France, India, Madagascar, Nigeria and Switzerland.Heexhibits exclusively with Ch'i Contemporary Fine Arts in New York. Curently, Mr. Gresser's studio and home is located in Silver Springs, Md.

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[T53gresta]

Beautiful, So happy to see that someone sees your beauty and makes the effort to "show" you to the rest of the world. Thanks Pop

[artindc]

This is a great documentary and insight into Sy. I'm so pleased to see this video! Well done.