Acrylic on Canvas
Artist’s Statement: This painting, completed in 2002, references Exodus 28.
ב"ה
The 12 Tribes
September 5, 2014
James Robert Herman earned his BFA in sculpture and industrial design from Carnegie Mellon Unviersity in 1961, and his MFA from Pratt Institute in 1962.
As a sculptor, James produced art in welded steel, aluminum and plexiglass. In the 80s he shifted his focus to drawing and painting. James's work concentrated on the conceptual space management that he had employed in his sculpture as well as the Albers Color Theory.
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"The primary talent of an artist is his ability to step away from the externalities of the thing and, disregarding its outer form, gaze into its innerness and perceive its essence, and to be able to convey this in his painting.This is how an artist can serve his Creator." — The Rebbe
About James Herman
James Robert Herman earned his BFA in sculpture and industrial design from Carnegie Mellon Unviersity in 1961, and his MFA from Pratt Institute in 1962.
As a sculptor, James produced art in welded steel, aluminum and plexiglass. In the 80s he shifted his focus to drawing and painting. James's work concentrated on the conceptual space management that he had employed in his sculpture as well as the Albers Color Theory.
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