Ann Hirsch

Figurative groupings are the mainstay of my sculpture. Grouping like-entities enables me to explore such dichotomies inherent to group formations as self and other and individual versus collective identity. As populations of nearly identical units, the figures in my work address both our capacity to communicate with ourselves and with one another, and our spatial and psychological relationships to sculptural objects. We seek out the Other through art, only to find ourselves again.

I adopt historical models from religion, dance and theater, as vehicles for new meaning. In these simultaneously strange yet familiar places I find the most substance and inspiration for my work. "Watchers" is a nine-sculpture installation that combines the gothic imagery of the gargoyle and traditional sculpture technique with a contemporary format. The Watchers appear human but somehow miss the mark.
 
The Watchers series has recently been featured in The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald and Artscope.”
 
Ann Hirsch is a Cambridge-based artist who creates animate and inanimate sculpture and installation art. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Fine Arts from Columbia University where she specialized in Italian Renaissance Sculpture. She also holds a Master’s degree from New York University and an M.F.A. in Sculpture from the New York Academy from which she received a one-year research fellowship. Since receiving her M.F.A. in 2002 she has shown extensively in New York and Massachusetts and is the recipient of grants from the Prince of Wales Foundation and the Vermont Studio Center.