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Live 'Dead' Live 'Dead'

Philip Eliasoph Fairfield University, pieliasoph@fairfield.edu

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rk a

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ony

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sum

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nday

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tal

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thin

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stra

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aint

ers

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th

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pa

inti

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d m

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rtis

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ran

k a

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mb

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or

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pu

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r o

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tim

e f

orc

es

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efly,

th

e B

ram

ble

s are

a m

arr

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up

le w

ho

have

be

en

p

ain

tin

g f

or

mo

re t

han

30 y

ears

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am

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rig

inally

fro

m E

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on

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d s

he

an

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ran

k liv

e in

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rt H

isto

ry,

sinc

e 19

89. H

er t

each

ing

sp

ecia

lties

incl

ude

dra

win

g, p

aint

ing

, fo

und

atio

n st

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and

art

ap

-p

reci

atio

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he h

as s

erve

d a

s a

juro

r fo

r exh

ibits

with

in th

e st

ate

and

del

iver

s le

ctur

es a

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lks

on

art a

nd th

e ar

tistic

pro

cess

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m’s

wo

rk is

rep

rese

nted

in p

ublic

and

priv

ate

colle

ctio

ns a

nd

has

bee

n re

view

ed b

y Th

e N

ew Y

ork

Tim

es, T

he H

artf

ord

Co

uran

t and

Art

New

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land

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m-

ble

’s aw

ard

s in

clud

e th

e Pr

esid

ent’s

Go

ld M

edal

lion

for

her

pai

ntin

gs

in t

he e

xhib

it E

mer

gin

g

Art

ists

at

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Gre

gg

Gal

lerie

s in

New

Yo

rk C

ity a

nd s

he w

as t

he re

cip

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avel

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fro

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nive

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ut t

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th a

nd 1

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cent

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n fr

esco

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wo

rk is

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out

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vis

ual r

epre

sent

atio

n o

f th

e se

arch

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find

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f ho

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artis

tic p

roce

ss is

one

whe

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ach

pai

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wo

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rew

ork

ed u

ntil

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co

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t m

erg

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nk B

ram

ble

Fran

k ha

s b

een

pai

ntin

g f

or

mo

re t

han

30 y

ears

, as

bo

th a

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stra

ct a

nd a

fig

urat

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t,

allo

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isci

plin

e o

f ea

ch o

f th

ese

form

s to

infl

uenc

e an

d d

evel

op

the

oth

er.

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nd a

co

mp

ellin

g s

ymb

iosi

s in

the

se t

win

ap

pro

ache

s to

art

and

art

mak

ing

.” B

ram

ble

’s tr

avel

s, p

ar-

ticul

arly

in C

entr

al A

mer

ica,

hav

e p

rofo

und

ly a

ffect

ed h

is v

iew

of t

he a

bst

ract

in a

rt.

“To

see

all

of t

hose

gre

at s

truc

ture

s —

chu

rche

s, t

emp

les,

fort

ress

es in

rui

n —

par

ts o

f the

m h

eld

up

with

b

raci

ng a

nd s

caffo

ldin

g,

and

all

thei

r fo

rm a

nd f

unct

ion

strip

ped

aw

ay,

led

me

to in

vest

igat

e th

e p

roce

ss o

f m

akin

g a

nd u

nmak

ing

my

ow

n ar

t.

My

pai

ntin

gs

are

offe

red

as

vig

nett

es t

hat

sug

ges

t b

oth

an

exp

erie

nce

of a

rt a

nd it

s la

stin

g im

pre

ssio

n. T

hey

striv

e fo

r a

com

bin

atio

n o

f im

med

iacy

and

reve

rie, a

chie

ving

tha

t b

alan

ce t

hro

ugh

pai

nter

ly a

pp

licat

ion.

” B

ram

ble

’s w

ork

is

in c

orp

ora

te, u

nive

rsity

and

priv

ate

colle

ctio

ns a

cro

ss t

he c

oun

try.

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Fran

cisc

o,

New

Yo

rk C

ity,

Seas

ide

Park

Liv

e ‘

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gh

t S

un

Gly

ph

– F

ran

k B

ram

ble

de

asp

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uu

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ive

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