90-year-old sculptor unveils latest work at new public space in Lincoln Park
Ruth Migdal with her art in her Chicago apartment on June 28, 2023. Migdal has been sculpting for over 50 years.
Migdal’s most celebrated works include a common theme of the color red: red angels, red trees, red depictions of “strong circus” ladies. This persistent use of the bright, bold color is no coincidence.Migdal, who was born in 1932 in a Jewish immigrant neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, said her work is “all fight,” a reflection of a childhood growing up with immigrant parents who “preferred boys.
Migdal’s paintings and wood sculptures were abstract until 1971 when she began exploring the female figure. She now works in bronze and steel, creating large abstracted figurative sculptures. Migdal’s work hasn’t always been political. That started to change after a 1968 Chicago peace march, during which she recalled “the police kept pushing us closer and closer together. And finally they start attacking us with their clubs.”Her art became a political voice.Another common theme in Migdal’s work is the presence of trees.
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