Gale Rothstein is the 3-Dimensional Artist Spotlight winning artist for the month of December 2018. Originally trained by a local silversmith in Tucson, AZ, Gale worked for all of her professional career as a jewelry designer through her company, Gale Rothstein Designs, Inc. Though no longer producing jewelry, she currently creates one-of-a kind collage and assemblage art pieces. 

Gale’s Art Exhibition will be featured on the website for the month of December 2018. The gallery will promote Gale and her work on the Fusion Art website, in Fusion Art’s Artsy.net Gallery, individual online press releases to hundreds of outlets, email blasts to over 2500 collectors, galleries, buyers and art professionals, in online event calendars, art news websites and through the gallery’s extensive social media outlets. Fusion Art’s objective is to promote the Artist Spotlight winning artists, worldwide, to art professionals, gallerists, collectors and buyers.

Please read Gale’s biography below as she describes her history and process in her own words. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see her exhibition.

If you are interested in purchasing any of these award-winning pieces, or to see more of Gale’s work, please visit her website.

Also, please visit Fusion Art’s YouTube Channel to see Gale’s Solo Art Exhibition Video.

Thank you to all the artists who participated in the Artist Spotlight competition and congratulations to Gale and the other Artist Spotlight winning artists.

Gale Rothstein‘s Biography

Gale Rothstein had worked for all of her professional career as a jewelry designer through her company, Gale Rothstein Designs, Inc. Originally trained by a local silversmith in Tucson, Arizona, she returned to her native New York to hone her skills, working in many areas of the jewelry industry, including costume, sterling, and high-end gold and diamonds. She opened her company in 1981, through which she designed and manufactured an extensive line of fashion jewelry in her Meat Packing District studio, employing several artisans. Her pieces have been sold in hundreds of retail stores and craft galleries worldwide, and appeared in many fashion publications, including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Women’s Wear Daily, and several industry magazines. Recently her early pieces have been surfacing on the websites of vintage jewelry dealers.

Though no longer producing jewelry, she currently creates one-of-a kind collage and assemblage art pieces. Rothstein’s assembled boxes and environments (Inter-Exteriors) emerge from a strong narrative and historical frame work. Referenced through re-use, the work is informed by the artist’s former career as a jewelry designer, as well as a life-long pursuit of collecting antiques, collectibles, found objects, the harvested innards of discarded and broken appliances, hardware, and other damaged objects. Re-contextualized and juxtaposed in discordant and surreal environments, these destinations provoke the viewer to ask, “Where are we? Who is here with us? How big or small are we? Are we awake or dreaming?” As we enter and journey through a crumbling amusement park, abandoned bathroom consumed by nature, or bedroom that is situated simultaneously inside a room and on an Italian piazza, the visitor is challenged to reevaluate one’s sense of time, place, and orientation.

Gale Rothstein‘s Artist Statement

My art practice has always been about ‘putting together the pieces’-as a child it was not unusual for me to take apart one thing to make another. As a young adult, I parlayed this skill into my first professional career as a jewelry designer and manufacturer, in operation for over two decades. I was initially trained by a silversmith in Tucson, Arizona. I returned to my native New York to hone my skills, working in many areas of the jewelry industry, then went out on my own designing and producing an extensive line of fashion jewelry in my Meat Packing District studio, employing several artisans.

I no longer produce jewelry, as I feel I made my statement in that arena, and am no longer interested in creating a wearable product. Creating assemblage/collage sculptures is a return to my roots, and provides me with unlimited opportunities for choice of materials through my penchant for collecting vintage objects, the harvested innards of discarded and broken appliances and hardware, and the amazing things I find on the street. Through the creation of assemblage and collage, the parameters of context are wide open; I create fantasy worlds that incorporate references to Dada and Surrealism, historical content, and through juxtaposition of contrasting elements, prompt the viewer the question relationships to scale, location, and relativity. My titles are also compelling, identifying the work with names that further add to the mystique are an essential finishing touch.

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