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John Mansfield, East Meets West, 1987
acrylic on rice paper and balsa wood
46 x 34 x 6 in.

Born in 1943 in Milton-Freewater, Oregon, John Mansfield spent his formative years in Japan and various parts of the United States, including Hawaii. He earned his B.F.A. in 1966 from the College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California, and his M.F.A. in 1970 from the University of Oregon. In 1973, after a long hiatus, Mansfield returned to making art while living in Colorado. He has since exhibited on the West Coast and in the Southwest. Mansfield's sculptures focus on the relationship between Eastern and Western cultures, exploring the differences in the way each culture visually represents the world. Mansfield reinforces the differences by contrasting traditional Eastern and Western materials within his artworks.