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Pamela Soldwedel has a spiritual connection with stone. She is inspired by its ancient life history. It was once very much alive, and the artist's goal is to revitalize its massive strength in her abstract sculpture, through transforming the seemingly immutable material into soft forms with supple movements.
Soldwedel abstract metal and bronze sculpture captures the movement of the waters in her flowing forms. Sleekly patinated or mirror finishes, intensified by the rough contrast of her carefully tooled striations, express wind-ruffled ocean surfaces, churning ocean depths, and foam flecked waves.
Pamela Soldwedel's sculptures have evolved into fresh new dimensions with her mixed media abstractions...joinings of layered stone and metal, plastics, glass and wood bring a multitude of expressions to her creations.
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Press & TV for Pamela Soldwedel
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| “Richard Barrett and Pamela Soldwedel”, Review of Parker Gallery exhibition by Louis Jacobson, Washington City Paper, May 27, 2005.
"Washington Sculptor displays 10 works in a one-person show," Times Community Newspapers, June 17, 1998.
"'Tempest' is one of the 10 sculptures by Pamela Soldwedel on display, " The Washington Times, June 25, 1998.
Diane Cole, "Transfigured Stones," The Montgomery County Sentinel, August 14, 1997.
"Prize-winning Washington, D.C. sculptor Pamela Soldwedel displays seven works in a one-person exhibition," The Montgomery County Sentinel, July 24, 1997.
"Mantra” is among seven sculptures by Pamela Soldwedel on exhibit," The Washington Times, August 21, 1997.
Laura Way, "Exploring the Shape of Human Emotions," The Montgomery County Journal, July 25, 1997.
Barbara Cohn, "Revered Stone," Washington Artists News, Vol. 25, No. 1, Spring, 1996.
"Atrium Art: Sculptures in the Square," The Washington Post, January 13, 1995.
Fredrica Wechsler, "Arts in the Academy," Footnotes, National Academy of Sciences/ National Research Council, December 1994.
Robert Von Brahler-Murray, "Touring the Art Galleries of Alexandria," Art & Antiques, DCI Publishing, March, 1994.
Lori Spalding, "Gilpin Gallery is 'Back Home' in Old Town," Old Town Crier, April, 1994.
Jessica Haag, "Newly Opened Gilpin Gallery Returns to Old Town," The Gazette Packet, March 17, 1994.
Adrian Higgins, The Secret Gardens of Georgetown: Behind the Walls of Washington's Most Historic Neighborhood, Boston, New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1993.
Gary Mullinax, "Sculpture Dominates the December Art Loop," The News Journal, December 4-6, 1992.
Linda Bellafato, "Arts in the Academy," Footnotes, National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, October 1992.
Richard Walker, "Briefly Noted," Corporate Art News, October 1992, Vol. 9, No. 6.
Susan Brown, "Showplace at Security Storage, " Washington Artists News, Artists Equity Association, Winter 1991.
Richard Walker, "Art Dictates Design for Virginia's Gosnell Properties," Corporate Art News, July 1991, Vol. 8, No. 3.
"Local Sculptor Opens Show," Foggy Bottom News, March 1991.
Susan Brown, Washington Artists News, Artists Equity Association, Winter 1990.
Todd Allan Yasui, "Sculpting the Earth's Essence," The Washington Post, November 11, 1990.
Leonard Hughes, "Chiseling Down to Wire," The Journal, October 12, 1990.
"Drawing on the Arts Scene," The Uptown Citizen, October 11,1990.
Mary Hickey, "Area Law Firms Host Exhibits of Fine Art," The Washington Lawyer, May/June 1990.
Carol Eichner, "Romancing the Stone," Washington Entertainment Magazine, February/March 1989.
Cheryl Romney-Brown, Circling Home, Potomac: Scripta Humanistica, 1989.
John Pantalone, "Art," Newport This Week, August 11, 1988.
Bill Van Siclen, "Soldwedel: Soft Forms From Hard Work," The Providence Journal-Bulletin, July 29, 1988.
"Soldwedel's Sculpture At Signet," The Uptown Citizen, July 14, 1988.
"Polished Work," The Newport Daily News, July 14, 1988.
"Real Estate/Business," The Northwest Current, June 2 - July 15, 1988.
"Washington Weekend," The Washington Times, March 10, 1988.
"Washington Weekend," The Washington Times, February 25, 1988.
The New Bulletin: The Washington Women's Arts Center, February 1988, Vol. 11, No. 2.
"Exhibits," The Washington Post, November 19, 1987.
Gary Tischler, "Gallery News," Galleries, November 6 - 19, 1987.
"Soldwedel Sculptures," The Uptown Citizen, November 12, 1987.
"In the Gatehouse Gallery: A Sculpture Galaxy," The Merriweather Post: Mount Vernon College, November 1987, Vol. 4, No. 2.
"Third Wave," The Uptown Citizen, May 31, 1984.
Carol Eichner, "Romancing the Stone," Washington Entertainment Magazine, February/March 1989.
Joanna Shaw-Eagle, "Diverse Sculptors Attract Eye at Art Barn," The Montgomery Journal, April 28, 1983.
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WETA Channel 26: "Around Town," Bill Dunlap, July 30, 1997
WETA Channel 26: "Around Town," Bill Dunlap, March 17, 1994
WETA Channel 26: "Around Town," Bill Dunlap, April 22, 1993
WETA Channel 26: "Around Town," Bill Dunlap, November 22, 1990
FNN Channel 22: "The Insiders with Jack Anderson," Susan Clark, April 9, 1990
FNN Channel 22: "Washington Business: Investing in Art," 1988 |
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Pamela Soldwedel's sculptures have evolved into fresh new dimensions with her mixed media abstractions...joinings of layered stone and metal, plastics, glass and wood bring a multitude of expressions to her creations.
For the viewer, something different and fascinating is presented from every angle and every change of light, especially so due to the sculptor's intriguing use of sinuous shapes in her abstract sculptures.
These mixed media sculpture abstractions capture adventurous essences of nature. Lyrical in movement, they are well composed and as beautifully finished as fine jewelry. Each piece gives delight to the eye and touch, and seems imbued with a life of its own. Delicately poised on a minute footprint, there is a sense of tension...there's mystery...there's surprise.
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