Gilda Pervin
Vessel
Burlap, acrylic paint, twigs, twine
12"x10"x2"
BUY
1,200.00
2020
Gilda Pervin
On the Edge
Acrylic paint and paper
6 3/8"x7 3/8"
BUY
350.00
2021
Gilda Pervin
Night Shades
acrylic paint, china marker, and charcoal on paper
5 1/2"x 6"
BUY
350.00
2022
Gilda Pervin
Illusions
Acrylic paint and charcoal on paper
5 1/2" x 7 1/2"
BUY
350.00
2022
Gilda Pervin
Discovery 3
Packing material, acrylic paint and beads
6 1/2"diameter x5"
BUY
NA
2022
Gilda Pervin
Discovery 2
packing material, acrylic paint and coal
9"x6"x4"
BUY
NA
2022
Gilda Pervin
Discovery 1
Packing material and acrylic paint
9" diameter x 5"
2021
Gilda Pervin
Insectacide
Burlap, acrylic paint, plastic shavings, beads, watch, twigs, twine, coal, wood, found objects
2"x2"x 1/4" to 13"x6"x3"
NA

Installation view.

Individual works range from 2x2x1/4 inches to 13x6x3 inches.


Gilda Pervin
A Pause on the Hike
Acrylic paint on paper
5.5x5.75 inches
BUY
sold
Gilda Pervin
Dream Scene
Acrylic paint on paper
5.5x8.5 inches
BUY
350.00
Gilda Pervin
Early Morning
Acrylic paint on paper
5.5x6 inches
sold
Gilda Pervin
Just A Little Further
Acrylic paint on paper
9x11 inches
BUY
450.00
Gilda Pervin
Two on a Porch
Acrylic paint on paper
4x6 inches
BUY
350.00
Gilda Pervin
Fly Away
Burlap, acrylic paint, plastic shavings, found objects, cement backing
8x8x2 inches
NA
Gilda Pervin
Gilda Pervin
Masked
Acrylic paint, plastic shavings, found objects, cement backing
9x11x6.5 inches
BUY
800.00
Gilda Pervin
Gilda Pervin
Open Heart
Burlap, acrylic paint, twigs
11x9x2.5 inches
BUY
800.00
Gilda Pervin
Gilda Pervin
Roundup
Burlap, wire, netting, plastic shavings, twine, found objects, acrylic paint, cement backing
9x9x4 inches
BUY
800.00
Gilda Pervin
Gilda Pervin
Garden Life
Burlap, acrylic paint, found objects, on wood
12x17x6.5 inches
BUY
1200.00

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Statement

My work includes both drawing/paintings and sculptural pieces that portray gestural figures and landscapes. The work develops from moment to moment in a spontaneous way. In the paper pieces I often apply the paint with my fingers, and discover the figures within the paint. The sculpture grows through a trial and error choice of found objects that lie in piles on my workbench. I know what effects I am open to, but the process is a dialogue with the piece as it develops. It’s a process of discovery.


For some time I have been working mostly with black and white, shiny and flat paint. Recently I have been asked why I use this limited pallet rather than full color. For me my use of black and white puts me in touch with the effects of black and white movie films: The black abstracts the images into lines, forms, and textures, while still maintaining the scenes of relating figures and vegetation. The use of black and white, or all black, accentuates dark and light as ambient light, or painting of light, play across work, perhaps catching a moment and suggesting the passage of time.

Biography

Gilda Pervin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After receiving BA and M.Litt degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, she went on to get her art training at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.


The year she was graduated from the Academy, 1974, she moved to Dallas, Texas, where she lived and worked for seven years. During those years she helped create “500 Exposition Gallery”, a showplace for artists to try out and exhibit new ideas and visions.


Then, in 1981, she moved to New York City. Since that time, she has been awarded a New York State Council on the Arts Project Grant; a Visiting Artist Project Grant from Texas Christian University and the Pangburn Foundation; a Penny McCall Foundation Grant; a Supporting Grant from Art Matters, Inc; an Artists' Fellowship Grant in sculpture from New York Foundation of the Arts; a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant; and was selected for the Art Cart: Saving The Legacy Project


She has shown work throughout the country, and in Sweden and Brazil. Among the shows were exhibits at the Roda Sten art building, Gothenborg, Sweden; Museu De Arts Contemporanea, Sao Paolo, Brazil; Five Hundred Exposition Gallery, Dallas, Texas; San Antonio Museum of Art; Fort Worth Museum of Art; The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Burchfield-Penny Art Center, Buffalo; Long Island University, Southampton Campus; Islip Art Museum, East Islip; The Art Mission, Binghamton, NY. In New York City, she has shown at Artists Space; Art in General; Creative Time’s "Art in the Anchorage”; Queens Museum; Brooklyn Museum; and Gray Art Gallery. In Jersey City, N J, she has shown at Curious Matters Gallery; and Art House Productions Gallery.


She presently teaches at Parsons, The New School University.