ADVISORY/Industrial Archeology: Recent Works by Phyllis Seltzer to be Shown in Venice and Cleveland.

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ADVISORY...

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Who: Print Artist Phyllis Seltzer

What: One woman art exhibit

Where and When: The Bonfoey Company, 1710 Euclid Ave., Cleveland,

Ohio, January 27 - February 26, 2000. Opening Reception

in Cleveland, Friday, January 27, 5-7:30 p.m. AND VEGA,

(Venice Gateway for Science & Technology) Venice,

Italy. Opening Reception in Venice, February 7, 5-7:30 p.m.

Why: The mix of industry and architecture in Cleveland,

Ohio and Venice, Italy have been a significant source

of ideas for painter and printmaker Phyllis Seltzer.

Paintings and prints will be exhibited in both cities

with one-person shows of her recent works. In

Cleveland, the show, Industrial Archeology, will be

held at The Bonfoey Company. In Venice, a new building,

Venice Gateway for Science and Technology, will exhibit

Seltzer's works as a celebration of industrial

architecture. Marghera, an industrial area, bears a

striking resemblance to the Flats of Cleveland. Italian

officials are renovating Marghera to attract new

businesses. They thought Seltzer's work reflected the

industrial area perfectly. Seltzer says: "Works

included in these exhibitions consist of images of a

past network of factories that are being restructured

and transformed as symbols that evoke the idea of a new

center of economic development."

Industrial Archeology focuses on the latest industry and work practices, natural resources, and the environment. About her Cleveland cityscapes Seltzer says: "Alongside the industrial site that comprises the significant aspect of our waterfront, is a landscape of the contemporary city, a vast urbanized region that is becoming new architecturally, a widespread city view.

Phyllis Seltzer's technique has evolved steadily throughout her career. She has achieved a unique blend of fine art and technology through the use of oil painting and heat transfer and through her selection of industrial and technological subjects. An oil painting serves as the plate for the print, which is the first step in the demanding process of heat-transfer printing. This method is difficult and time-consuming. Seltzer likes the heat-transfer process, however, because it combines both painting and printing and it involves advanced technology. It also allows her to produce large, powerful prints whose colors do not fade. A grid is created from the painting, and Seltzer makes laser color prints, during which process the work of art is further developed and refined.

She studied printmaking under the renowned Mauricio Lasansky at the University of Iowa in the late 1940's, the beginning of the renaissance of printmaking in the U.S. Over the last decade Seltzer has held numerous solo exhibitions as well as selected group exhibitions. Her works are collected and shown by museums and galleries throughout the country. Photographs of Phyllis Seltzer's works are available for the media to reproduce. Please call Ms. Seltzer at 216-961-6868 or e-mail: [e-mail] to arrange delivery of photographs or an interview.