Border Line, 34″ x 48″ x 8″, 2021
Symbols, 36” x 14” x 11”, steel, sand, concrete, 2021
Map, , 38” x 40” x 37”, Steel, Sand, Concrete, 2021
Ladders, 40” x 25” x 17”, Steel, 2021
Zig-Zags Installation, New Jersey City University, steel, 2010
Zig-Zags Installation, Colgate University, steel, 2006
Zig-Zags Installation, Art Resources Transfer, steel, 2003
5 Vases, 48 inches x 24 inches x 36 inches, steel, 1993 ||| 5 Vases is part of the Sticks & Stones series. Contrary to the children’s ditty, words have powerful consequences. The vases were inspired by Greeks who presented their history on vases. 5 Vases inspired Most of Us Are Immigrants which can be seen in the Public Sculpture section.
-Isms, 39 inches x 24 inches x 24 inches, steel, 1993 ||| The 5 sided vessels produced an open shape exposed the inside as well as outside of the form. Goldner cut away most of the vessel leaving only the minimum necessary to define the shape. The figures dance around the top and the lower half of the form as a metaphor for unity.
Imagining Isn’t The Same, 60 inches x 48 inches x 53 inches, steel, 1993 ||| “Imagining isn’t the same as knowing, nor tolerance the same as welcoming, neither shows curiosity and openness to learning what may be disadvantageous to one’s closely guarded position of privilege.” Elizabeth V Spelman, Inessential Woman, Beacon Press.
Janet Goldner, of New York, spends much time in Mali. She makes free-standing steel sculptures and wall-bound installations that reference her artistic lineage going back to the welded sculpture of Julio Gonzalez. But the work also displays her social consciousness and her deep continuing interest in African art.—Carl Hazlewood, curator, July 2011
