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Albert Strausman, “Grabber,” mixed materials, 11 inches high.

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DEBORAH DAVIS HOSTS STRAUSMANS w/1 cut

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HUDSON, N.Y. — Deborah Davis Fine Art, Inc, is featuring sculpture and collages by husband and wife artists Albert Strausman and Jeanne Crane Strausman through November 26.

Their work in this show, which is titled “Improvisations,” are replete with intricate detail that will delight the viewer.

Relocated from Manhattan to an old farmhouse in Albany County in the Catskills, the Strausmans work in their respective studios to create pieces of art that are not unlike improvisations which are created spontaneously or without preparation and are made or invented from available materials.

Although working in different media, the commonality between the art made by the artists is that both use materials that may have been a small part that has broken off or detached from something else or that may be incomplete, disconnected or an odd bit from something larger. Using these objects the Strausmans create sculpture and collages with layers of color, varying forms, bits of material and found objects.

Albert Strausman uses discarded, time-worn odds and ends of metal, wood and other materials to make both his wall sculptures and his three dimensional standing pieces. He translates the energy and aura of the untraceable earlier lives of these materials by assembling them into new objects that express something of time, change, rebirth, dreams and memories.

Jeanne Crane Strausman is a collagist and fabric artist who has been working textiles and papers since the 1970s. She studied color and textile surface design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and now uses textiles, vintage papers, found objects and bookbindings to create work which reflects her interests in nature, women’s issues and American history.

Deborah David Fine Art is at 510 Warren Street. For more information, 518-822-1890.