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Sylvia Netzer (born 1944)[1][2] is an American sculptor,[3] art critic,[1] and professor emeritus at the City College of New York.[4]
Early life and education
[edit]Netzer was born to Jenny Netzer and Hans A. Netzer in Manhattan, New York. She graduated from the City College of New York[2] and later received her Masters in Fine Art in sculpture at Columbia University School of Fine Arts.[5] At City College, she was among the supporters of the 1965 March on Washington for Peace in Vietnam.[6]
Career
[edit]Netzer's abstract work Post-Toxic/Neo-Plastic, a room-sized installation of black and yellow figures, was described by Drew Shiflett as "remind[ing] one of a world in which genetic engineering has gone berserk or toxic wastes have influenced the gene pool";[7] it was followed up by her 1996 work Miasma Morph.[8] She later produced Glen Gary OLY in 2004, a sculpture of kiln-fired bricks carved to resemble herself in the lounging posture of Olympia, the 1863 oil painting.[9] Two years later, she worked on site at a brick plant in York to create Glen Gary OLY II.[10]
Netzer's work is represented by a collection at A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, New York.[2] She has curated several exhibits at the gallery and elsewhere.[11] She directed the ceramics program at City College from 1990[12][13] until her retirement in 2026.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Netzer is married to theater director Robert M. Wilson. The two met in 1983 at Greenwich House Pottery, at which time Netzer was an instructor and Wilson a student, though he was not in her class. They married in August 2015.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Artists' biographies". Confrontational Ceramics. Retrieved September 1, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Sylvia Netzer, Christopher Knowles". The New York Times. August 16, 2015. p. 12ST. Retrieved September 1, 2026.
- ↑ American Ceramics. Vol. 14. 2002. p. 32. Retrieved September 1, 2026.
- 1 2 "Christopher Knowles & Sylvia Netzer RELATiVE(s) at The Opening Gallery". Artsy (Press release). 2026. Retrieved September 1, 2026.
- ↑ "S...as in Sylvia". A.I.R. Gallery. February 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2026.
- ↑ "Obervation Post, 1965-04-14". Observation Post. Archives & Special Collections: Student Publications. The City College of New York. 37 (17). New York: City College of New York: 3. April 14, 1965 – via JSTOR.
- ↑ Shiflett, Drew (1996). In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the '90s (PDF). Retrieved September 1, 2026.
- ↑ "Miasma Morph". A.I.R. Gallery. October 1996. Retrieved September 1, 2026.
- ↑ Nadelman, Cynthia (2010). "Pot People Recent Figurative Ceramic Sculpture". Sculpture Review. 59 (3): 18–23. doi:10.1177/074752841005900303. ISSN 2632-3494.
- ↑ Opilo, Emily (2006-08-11). "Unusual guest at brick plant". The York Dispatch. pp. C1C4. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
- ↑ "Education program". A.I.R. Gallery. Retrieved September 1, 2026.
- ↑ "Sylvia Netzer, Reticulated Forms" (PDF). A.I.R. Gallery (Press release). November 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2026.
- ↑ "The Paper, 1993-03-18". The Paper. Archives & Special Collections: Student Publications. The City College of New York. 97 (2). New York, New York, United States: City College of New York. March 18, 1993 – via JSTOR.