Thoughtful Preparations: Media Spin Blog

The sculptures of Devorah Sperber have a Renaissance sensibility, a da Vinci mixture of art and science. Her mosiacs made of spools of colored thread suspended on wires are copies of famous paintings, and composed upside down and backwards so that the familiar image appears correctly when viewed through a crystal ball.

A clever achievement and sure to be popular with science class field trips. In the art world as with show business, it is a challenge to stand out. Looking at this work, I am reminded of the words from the Broadway show Gypsy, You Gotta Have a Gimmick. Much of modern art’s progress is in developing new processes and exploring new ways of seeing. In her craft Sperber has succeeded in putting a new spin on old art, while keeping any personal statements or expressions invisible.