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 Page 4 - Janet Shapiro / October

this Shapiro bears comparison to Mario Naves; another collage artist who extracts a painterly sensibility from the medium while also celebrating its unique qualities.

Flow, 1994, Collage on Paper, 15 x 11.25 in

Shapiro�s materials are not limited to scraps of paper but also include recycled intaglio prints and organic elements as in Flow.  All of this is consistent with her agenda to recycle and reconstruct. Finally there is the combination of oil paint and paper on blocks of hardwood such as Untitled # 3. This jewel of a painting reads like an abstract version of a Gauguin painting from the Tahitian period. Shapiro has only a few of the paintings on wood but they suggest a whole other direction in which to take the work that might eventually lead to larger pieces on canvas.

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Untitled # 3, 1994, Mixed Media on Wood, 7.75 x 16 in

That, of course, is an open and speculative question but not an especially crucial one given the range and impact of the collage pieces.

Janet Shapiro, Letter, 1994,
mixed media on wood, 8.5 x 4.25 in

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