Artwork copyright Kathy Fridstein. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Maya, 1998
Kathy Fridstein
(American, born 1953)
Location: West Seattle High School, Seattle
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Artist Kathy Fridstein composed Maya by digitally combining images of ancient Anasazi and Mayan buildings into a new symbolic image of a "Stone Man". This image references ancient mythology and represents a "life-giving potency". It celebrates a global community built on intersecting cultures and concepts.
This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Seattle School District.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Photographer Kathy Fridstein creates compositions that explore the gesture and meaning of graffiti, petroglyphs, and other symbolic forms and methods of pictorial communication.
Fridstein received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Beloit College in Wisconsin in 1976. She served as a teaching artist for Seattle's Art in the Public Schools Program and a photography instructor for the Pacific Science Center in Seattle.
ARTWORK DETAILS
| Material Category | Work on paper - photograph |
| Medium | IRIS inkjet print of digitally manipulated photographs |
| Dimensions | 37 in x 30 in |
| ID Number | WSAC2003.009.000 |
| Acquisition Method | Direct purchase |
| Artist Location | Washington, United States |
Location Information
| Agency | Seattle Public Schools |
| Artwork Location | West Seattle High School Library |
| WA County | King |
| Placement | Interior |
| Site Type | Public School |
| Address | 3000 California Ave SW Seattle, WA 98105 |
| Geo. Coordinates | 47.576975, -122.384262 |
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