Let's talk about some real art here the kind of artwork that makes you stop and think you're seeing double is so present
That you swear you're looking at real live people not sculptures Carol Fiora men describes her work as hyper realist sculptures
And she's here to talk about her public artwork now school is for a second
Hyper realists. What do we mean by that?
It's hyper real is when it's real. It's more real it came from
Photo realism and that's when painters were doing
Paintings that were they would they start they started with paintings. They look like photographs. Well a sculpture a sculptor takes
realistic
Subject matter and makes it as a three-dimensional sculpture such as this and we're looking at some of your artwork here
We have to realize that no these aren't women hugging beach balls
This is your artwork and we have some here in the studio that I'm looking at. I'm absolutely mesmerized
Where does this come from in you? Thank you? Well?
their
Pieces they represent. This is called survival of Serena it represents
Serenity, but it also represents
Survival and women surviving. I did it for the Venice Biennale originally
That's a very big festival. Yeah, and now it's in Petrosino Square, okay?
The pieces are done for my New York show you have a big one coming up
Let's talk about that New York show. What are we going to see and where it's going to be held?
I've been working a couple of years getting ready. It's at Jim Kamner fine art
Okay, 23rd and 10th, and it's November 8th
I hope everyone can come. Well, you we're gonna let you brag a little bit because there are some very notable people that own
Hyperrealist artwork from you. Go ahead and give us the list. Well the Clintons. We were talking back and forth. They have two pieces
Hillary as one and Bill as one Kissinger's Emperor of Japan
So many you can't count you've lost count this has to be a time our collectors to well, of course
But it's a time-consuming endeavor. How long does it take you to finish something like this a?
Couple of years from start to finish. Wow the big ones are anywhere from
Five feet to 15 feet. I'm doing a
piece now that's
It's 14 feet of bronze and then when it gets installed on the pedestal
It go up at 18 feet and that'll be for the Peakskill project on the Hudson River
Now the public artwork has to be very dear to you because this is seen by
Millions in this city. Do you feel like you have to cater to the masses or are you able to stay true to your vision?
No, I'm true to my vision. I think that
the masses
My work invites the masses to the vision
I mean it it draws them into what I do and that's it's really important for me to
Have the viewer complete the story and have it mean something to someone who's looking at the work
All right, well Carol Fuhrman. We'll have our viewers check you out in November. Thank you for joining us. Thank you so much for having me. All right
