I have not been more thrilled than when I have been given the opportunity to look at any original work of Virgil Grotfeldt, usually by chance. Magic and other worldly. I was very sad to learn that he had passed away. Here are two, no three wonderful reads about Virgil and his work:
"What these extraordinary efforts normally hold in common is a brilliant melding of technique and expression that is so individual that it constitutes the core of an artist’s emotional being." Jim Edwards
“Not since the early Pollock or the late Arshile Gorky have I seen the dimensionally modeled forms as in the biomorphic abstraction of Virgil Grotfeldt. Nature and abstract form define Grotfeldt’s art as well as sustain its value as a personal meditation upon essential life forces” Walter Hopps
http://tinyurl.com/dj5ofvfrom glasstire.com
with Waldo Bien, Walter Hopps & Free International University (Joseph Beuys), story of the first 'real' Modern Art collection in the world. (great details on process)
