{"id":4455,"date":"2016-07-29T14:36:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T18:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=4455"},"modified":"2018-05-20T22:55:16","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T02:55:16","slug":"claire-lieberman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/claire-lieberman\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire Lieberman"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5152\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4455-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/clairelieberman.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/clairelieberman.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/clairelieberman.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_4460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4460\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4460\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_in_Arctic_photo_credit_Kinez_Riza-1.jpg?resize=234%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Claire_Lieberman_in_Arctic_(photo_credit_Kinez_Riza)-1\" width=\"234\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_in_Arctic_photo_credit_Kinez_Riza-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_in_Arctic_photo_credit_Kinez_Riza-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_in_Arctic_photo_credit_Kinez_Riza-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_in_Arctic_photo_credit_Kinez_Riza-1.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_in_Arctic_photo_credit_Kinez_Riza-1.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_in_Arctic_photo_credit_Kinez_Riza-1.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claire Lieberman on Arctic expedition, photo credit: Kinez Riza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clairelieberman.com\/\">Claire Lieberman<\/a> is a sculptor and installation artist who combines such materials as marble, Jell-O and video. Her work explores a range of dichotomies, such as the sublime and the quirky, desire and danger, indulgence and guilt.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Three current projects include: a series called \u201cGrenades,\u201d small, reflective, black marble sculptures that allude to actual grenades, but exude a fleshy quality.\u00a0 In these fractured times she hopes to contribute to dialog about issues of violence in contemporary culture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lieberman is developing an ensemble of toy guns made in blown and hot-sculpted, clear glass.\u00a0 The sculptures call up recollections of children\u2019s toy water guns and reflect on issues of youth violence.\u00a0 These hand-held pieces move from a literal representation of handguns to increasingly phantasmagoric renderings, both disarming and humorous.\u00a0 A new room-size installation in white alabaster and green Jell-O is also in the works.\u00a0 It is an installation project that evolved out of her participation in an Arctic expedition that explores climate change and how glaciers are receding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Known also for her prints and sculptures of toy guns in glass, Lieberman\u2019s solo shows include: Hot Wood Arts, Brooklyn; THE LAB, NYC;\u00a0Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta; Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale; PDX, Portland; Seoul Art Center, Korea; the University of Alaska; Virginia Commonwealth University.\u00a0 Group shows include:\u00a0<i>Daydreaming<\/i>, Massey Lyuben Gallery New York,\u00a0NY;\u00a0<i>Mein lieber Schwan, <\/i>ACC Galerie Weimar, Germany;\u00a0<i>The Food Show: The Hungry Eye<\/i>, Chelsea Art Museum;\u00a0<i>Up in Arms<\/i>,\u00a0Parker\u2019s Box, Brooklyn; and <i>PULSE<\/i>\u00a0NY, Marcia Wood Gallery. \u00a0Writings on her work appear in Sculpture magazine, the New York Times, and ARTnews, and Camouflage, a book published by the Imperial War Museum of London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lieberman has received awards from: The Arctic Circle, Territory of Svalbard; The Seaside Institute, FL; National Endowment for the Arts;\u00a0Cit\u00e9 Internationale des Arts, Paris; Friche La Belle de Mai, Marseilles, France; K\u00fcnstlerhaus, Salzburg, Austria; Yaddo; and The MacDowell Colony.\u00a0\u00a0She has a BFA, Boston Museum School and Tufts University and an MFA with distinction, Pratt Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Check out her current <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatchfund.org\/project\/claire_lieberman_grenades_exhibition_catalog\">book project on Hatchfund: \u201cGrenades\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4459\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4459 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Poppies_dimensions_variable-1.jpg?resize=625%2C377&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Claire_Lieberman_Poppies_dimensions_variable-1\" width=\"625\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Poppies_dimensions_variable-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C618&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Poppies_dimensions_variable-1.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Poppies_dimensions_variable-1.jpg?resize=768%2C464&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Poppies_dimensions_variable-1.jpg?resize=624%2C377&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Poppies_dimensions_variable-1.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Poppies_dimensions_variable-1.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poppies, black marble, Jell-O, 2 videos, dimensions variable, photo credit: Angela Mobley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4457\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4457 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Black_Marble_Grenade_10in_x-6in_x_6in.jpg?resize=625%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Claire_Lieberman_Black_Marble_Grenade_10in_x 6in_x_6in\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Black_Marble_Grenade_10in_x-6in_x_6in.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Black_Marble_Grenade_10in_x-6in_x_6in.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Black_Marble_Grenade_10in_x-6in_x_6in.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Black_Marble_Grenade_10in_x-6in_x_6in.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Black_Marble_Grenade_10in_x-6in_x_6in.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Black_Marble_Grenade_10in_x-6in_x_6in.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Marble Grenade black marble, 10in x 6in x6in, photo credit: Malcolm Varon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4458\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4458\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4458 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Bubble_Blaster_glass_9.5in-x-5in-x-2in-1.jpg?resize=625%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Claire_Lieberman_Bubble_Blaster_glass_9.5in x 5in x 2in -1\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Bubble_Blaster_glass_9.5in-x-5in-x-2in-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Bubble_Blaster_glass_9.5in-x-5in-x-2in-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Bubble_Blaster_glass_9.5in-x-5in-x-2in-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Bubble_Blaster_glass_9.5in-x-5in-x-2in-1.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Bubble_Blaster_glass_9.5in-x-5in-x-2in-1.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Claire_Lieberman_Bubble_Blaster_glass_9.5in-x-5in-x-2in-1.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bubble Blaster Ice Gun, glass, 9.5 x 5in x 2in, photo credit: Ken Kashian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/clairelieberman.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listClaire Lieberman is a sculptor and installation artist who combines such materials as marble, Jell-O and video. 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