Hamburger’s sculptures reflect her deep interest in anthropology and what she perceives to be contemporary mankind’s sense of unease. The works often have severe, angular elements at their base while at the top, softer more circular shapes crown the pieces, almost as if the lower portions represent the harsh reality and uncertainty of life while the upper sections create a refuge, a safe, warmer place where hope can prevail. Sydney Hamburger was born in 1935 in New York City, where she spent her childhood until she moved with her family to Baltimore, Maryland.. She attended Hood College in Frederick, Maryland and John Hopkins University in Baltimore before receiving her Bachelor of Science and Masters of Education degrees from Towson State University, Maryland. She also spent a year at Oxford University, England, studying literature and sociology. She received Resident Fellowships from such prestigious institutions as the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico, the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough New Hampshire, the Karolyi Foundation in Vence, France and she was a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome, Italy. Hamburger’s work has been collected extensively; her private and corporate commissions are situated all over the world. As well, her sculpture has been included in such important exhibitions as Across Borders/Sin Fronteras, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, D.C.; A Shriek from an Invisible Box at the Meguro Museum, Tokyo, Japan; New Mexico Sculpture Guild Exhibition, Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London, England, Juxtaposition and Overlap, Culture Gallery, New York City, and Small Sculptures at Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka, Japan, among others. | | 
Huerfano, 1993
bronze, aluminum
14" x 22" x 10"
On Loan courtesy of the Artist |
