A Chiseler's True Story: The Art of Mico Kaufman

by Mico Kaufman

"Let glorified matter be, and let me be the nit-witting iconoclast to revel in it." In A Chiseler's True Story , author Mico Kaufman opens the door to the artistic life, exhibiting a passionate sculptor's unique sense of humor, keen understanding of human nature, and pure love of existence. With more than three hundred images of the works he's created over seven decades, this captivating autobiography combines a fascinating personal narrative with a comprehensive retrospective, offering plenty of thought-provoking commentary to chew on throughout. Mico's compelling story begins in Buzau, Romania, in 1924. After years of forced labor in a concentration camp during WWII, he sets out to find a better life, passing through Hungary and Austria and eventually arriving in Italy. In Rome, he's accepted into the Academy of Fine Arts, meets his future wife, and starts a family before securing passage to the United States and settling in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. It's here that he launches his professional sculpting career. A Chiseler's True Story celebrates Mico's impressive body of work in the numerous artistic mediums he has explored: medallics, monumental public art, historical miniatures, extruded polyethylene abstracts, bas-reliefs, polymer sculpture, portraiture, poems, musings, and drawings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519571186
• ISBN13: 9781519571182
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.9" x 7.0"