James ("Jimmy") Grashow (born January 16, 1942)James Grashow official resume
(accessed 2012-12-20) is an American sculptor and

woodcut Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas that ...

artist. He is perhaps best known for his sculptures and large-scale installations (such as cities, fountains, and menageries) made of

cardboard Cardboard is a generic term for heavy paper-based products. The construction can range from a thick paper known as paperboard to corrugated fiberboard which is made of multiple plies of material. Natural cardboards can range from grey to light b ...

.Susan Hodara
"A Cardboard Fountain, Braving the Elements"
''

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'', March 30, 2012."James Grashow: I have always intended my art to be accessible"
, ''Art Interview Online Magazine'', May 14, 2010. Grashow was born in

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

, New York and received his BFA (1963) and MFA (1965) degrees from

Pratt Institute Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York. It has a satellite campus in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. The school was ...

. He then received a Fulbright Travel Grant to study in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

. Based in

Redding, Connecticut Redding is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,765 at the 2020 census. History Early settlement and establishment At the time colonials began receiving grants for land within the boundaries of present-d ...

, his works have been exhibited at many museums including the

DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is a 30-acre sculpture park and contemporary art museum on the shore of Flint's Pond in Lincoln, Massachusetts, 20 miles northwest of Boston. It was established in 1950. It is the largest park of its kind ...

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; the

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; the Center for the Arts at

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the

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and the

Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is located in Ridgefield, Connecticut Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Situated in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, the 300-year-old community had a population o ...

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. Grashow also created

cover art Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book (often on a dust jacket), magazine, newspaper ( tabloid), comic book, video game (box art), music album (album art), ...

for record albums such as Jethro Tull's 1969 album ''

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'' and the 1971 Yardbirds album '' Live Yardbirds: Featuring Jimmy Page''. He is the subject of a 2012 documentary entitled ''The Cardboard Bernini'', describing the creation, exhibition, anticipated decay, and ultimate destruction of an enormous cardboard fountain, inspired by the

Trevi Fountain The Trevi Fountain ( it, Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and several others. Standing high and wide, it is the larg ...

in Rome and the work of

Gian Lorenzo Bernini Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (, , ; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 159828 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor of his ...

.Michele Garza
"Santa Fe Film Festival: 'The Cardboard Bernini'"

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, December 13, 2012.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grashow, James Artists from Connecticut People from Brooklyn Pratt Institute alumni 1942 births Living people People from Redding, Connecticut