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Source: Visual Arts in Atlanta

It's Time to Reevaluate Mary Engel

The intelligentsia of the Atlanta art scene has consistently dismissed the canine sculptures by Mary Engel as more craft than art, lacking any real conceptual depth. I've always had a much higher opinion of the work in that certain crafts when executed in an extraordinary fashion, transcend the world of craft and enter the world of fine art (the quilts of Gees Bend are a fine example). At her latest show at Marcia Wood Gallery Engel erases any doubt that her sculptures belong in the realm of fine art. In past shows her works were highly sentimental, while this time around they seem to be more about sentimentality itself. The postures of her dogs weighed down by dozens of porcelain figurines of birds, cats dogs and other animals evoke more of an intellectual than emotional response. It seems that the figurines are in conflict with the dog itself leaving the viewer the task of reconciling this conflict with his or her internal reaction to the separate elements of the dogs and their adornments.

A cursory study of online links shows that women named Mary Engel tend toward artistic, creative or nurturing pursuits. I happen to own MaryEngel.com, but the next obvious link, MaryEngel.net belongs to an artist, a sculptor. Give a comment back if you own other Mary Engel domains, or if your name is Mary Engel.

Mary Engels of the world, unite! Or at least, send a comment back telling us your location and occupation... and anything else you'd like to share.

I'll go first: I'm a mom (two teenage girls), soon-to-be wife, soon-to-be stepmom (two more teenage girls), a writer, equestrienne, curator of the eclectic, runner, photographer and passionista. We all live in a yellow submarine in Bozeman, Montana.

Tell me about you, Mary Engel.