J Margulis
Blue Convexity Red Concavity
Lucite sheets, acrylic colors, aluminum, core
Diptych, each is 60X60X3"
2019
Displaced Illusions 72 WG
Lucite sheets, acrylic colors, aluminum core
36X72X3"
1 + 1AP
2019
Yellow Cross Perspectives
Plexiglas sheets and aluminum composite
20 X 30 X 3"
2017
Gold Slides (Red and black)
Plexiglas sheets and aluminum composite
48 X 24 X 3" (each panel)
2016
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Cross perspectives Blue
Plexi sheets and aluminum composite
22 X 30 X 3"
Edition of 3
2016
Bulerias
Year: 2016
Size: 40 x 20 x 3” (101 x 51 x 8 cm) (each panel)
Plexi Sheets /Sintra board
Edition of 3
Pink Comp
Year: 2014
Size: 22 x22”x2 ½” (56 x 56 x 6 cm)
Lucite Sheets.
Edition of 9
Plata 72
Year: 2015
Size: 29 ½” x 28” x 12” (75 cm x 71 cm x 31 cm)
Lucite Sheets.
Edition of 7
J Margulis
I digitally design 3-D objects and compositions, and cut them in slices from different types of plastic sheet materials. These slices are then fixed to a rigid canvas, a pedestal or held together in space. Most of my work is done using acrylic sheets with different levels of translucency in a range of colors, graphic patterns, textures and photographic images directly printed on the sheets' surfaces. The bright and fully saturated color palettes to which I instinctively gravitate to, is heavily influenced by the traditional Mexican arts and crafts which made a great impact on me during the time that I lived there.I treat my three-dimensional pieces as light traps or secret blueprints, in which by controlling the placement of its components, I'm able to create intriguing 3-D containers. Their designs are then fully revealed by applying or “pouring” light into them. In a sense, light becomes the ink that reveals the design by following a 3-D template. The light source may vary from natural to one or more fixtures, placed on precise locations in relationship to the subject, with specific power, color temperature, angle and proximity.