Miriam Shenitzer

Posted on January 28, 2010 - by Kate

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As we decorate our new place we have tons of artwork propped up against the walls that we’re trying to decide what should go where. Charlotte showed me one big piece she has a plan for the other night and it got me thinking — I have no room in my room for new things but if I did…what might I like — and Miriam Shenitzer’s funny works came to mind.

As most readers here know I’m partial to animal images — Miriam’s work fits that need so well. Part of why I know about Miriam is because she works right next to my new house! The Boston Center for the Arts is nearby and they have many many artists in residency there.

As Miriam says though — she wants to make art that makes people laugh. Her pieces that juxtapose words and accompanying images are great — the above made me laugh a little (on the inside) but also — I love the blue tone in it too.

PIG! Love it, enough said. Great fleshy pinks…looks very clean as pigs go!

Very funny. It appears that Miriam has had an extensive and eclectic education — from York in Toronto to Hebrew University in Jerusalem to Bezalel also in Jerusalen to focus on printmaking and now onto a degree from the graduate school of education here in Boston at Harvard. Something tells me she’d be an entertaining dinner guest.