Permanent Collection

 Sculpture

Southern Alleghenies

Museum of Art

Josefa Filkosky

(American, b. 1933)

Passage in Red, Part A, 1992

Painted steel, 120" x 108" x 24"

Passage in Red, Part B, 1992

Painted steel, 120" x 108" x 24"

Anonymous gift

(93.004)

 

Josefa Filkosky's sculptures, reflective of Hard Edge, Shaped Canvas, and Color Field paintings of the 1970s Abstract Expressionist Movement, do not so much fill space as capture it and set it into motion.  Her open designs are composed of shapes and lines that observe the laws of mathematics and geometry, resulting in a sense of infinity found in the world's simple and most ancient temples.  

Filkosky, born in Bear Rocks, Pennsylvania, is a professor of art at Seaton Hill College in Greensburg, where she teaches sculpture, metalsmithing, fabrics, and design.  Her work is represented in private and corporate collections in the Northeast.


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