Above:
G o t B o v in e G row th
H orm on e
?, 2007
photopolymer etching
on paper, copper rod,
artificial sinew
11 x 20x7m.
Below:
R a ttu s M a n n u s,
2008
mirror sheeting, copper
rod, artificial sinew
5.5x25x7 in.
Lemanski graduated in 1992 from the
College for Creative Studies in Detroit,
taking an eye-opening copper sculpture
class at Ox-Bow her final semester. For
seven years, she managed a high-end frame
shop in Chicago, but the job was so de-
manding she made only one or two sculp-
tures each year (all of which quickly sold).
When she was awarded a three-year Pen-
land artist residency in 2004, she went full-
time as a sculptor and never looked back.
“Penland changed my life,” she says flatly.
Lemanski worked 14-hour days for more
than two months on the
Jack-dor,
which
made its first public appearance at a Novem-
ber 2010 show at the Milton Rhodes Center
for the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Car-
olina. This year promises to be even busier.
The Blue Spiral 1
gallery in Asheville will
host Lemanski’s most ambitious solo show
to date, beginning in July. Her plan is to
create all new figures and a sweeping,
natural history museum environment.
Earlier in her career, Lemanski sculpted
guns and even a whimsical history of hair-
styles. “Someday I’ll be done with animals,”
she says. But not anytime soon.
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annelemanski.com
Monica Moses is
American Craft
’s
editor in chief.
