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Welcome:
About Stephen
Collages
Writings
E-mail:
Stephen
Halpert
(stephen@stephenhalpert.com)
P.O Box 323
Grafton, MA 01519.
Ph: (508) 839-0111
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Since he was a boy, Stephen Halpert has always felt connected with
art.
During his adult life his extensive knowledge and appreciation of
American literature and social history has found expression in his
writings and since the mid 1980's through his iconic collage which an art
critic in Worcester Magazine referred to as "paper pictures."
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Bernat Mill Fire
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Having worked in publishing and contributed to numerous magazines
including his weekly American Scene column in The Grafton News, he also
founded and published the little magazine Outpost and wrote and edited a
number of books, including,
A Return to Pagany, published by Beacon
Press; Brahmins and Bullyboys published by Houghton Mifflin; and
Witness of the Berrigans, published by Doubleday.
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His initial experiments with creating handcrafted buttons expanded into a
grand pictorial wall hanging, a history of baseball entitled "The Baseball Wall
of Fame." This large collage fused baseball memorabilia, buttons, and photos
and launched his exploration of collage as an expressive medium.
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canvasses and numerous coffee tables, including "Hollywoodland", "Let's Make
Smoking History", and "A Cat's Tale".
His unique process of visual anthology presents history through
artistic expression. He has also created other works consisting of cubist
and abstract design as well as provocative social commentary and satire.
He is currently adding cloth and found objects to his "paper pictures."
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Woodland Fantasy
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In many of his iconic works he combines snippets of famous art in
innovative and clever ways to create new pictures and explore new themes.
His unique images challenge traditional perspectives and his joyful sense
of humor often peeks through unexpectedly.
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Soul of the Black Woman
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Stephen has had well received solo shows at the Marblehead Public Library
and the OneLove Cafe in Worcester. He and his wife, author and
photographer Tasha Halpert, shared a successful joint show at the
Alternatives Gallery in Uxbridge, MA. He has participated in gallery
showings in Grafton, Worcester, Uxbridge, and Cambridge, MA.
A
Vice-President of the Blackstone Valley Art Association, many of his works
are in private collections.
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In addition to his creative explorations, Stephen and his wife Tasha,
are members of the Grafton Cultural Council. In 2005 they co-founded the
Grafton Fine Arts and Music Festival. He continues to write, create, and
love art from their home in Grafton, Massachusetts.
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