Bobbi Mastrangelo GrateWorks

In the News

Bobbi Mastrangelo’s
‘Grate Works”of Art
aka
“Plastics Under Cover”
at Orlando’s
History Center

Dec 2016- April 23 2017“Florida Citrus 467-1” Mixed Media by Bobbi Mastrangelo“Florida Citrus 467-1” Mixed Media by Bobbi Mastrangelo

“Plastics Under Cover,” “Grate Works of Art”

“Grate Art”
and 
“Great Food”
Toast Coffee House
Patchogue, NY

“Save Water”
“Save Water”
sculpture relief
by Bobbi Mastrangelo

Toast Coffee House

“Cover Girl" 
Bobbi Mastrangelo 

on October
 Manhole Madness
Bobbi Mastrangelo with Three Sewer HitterBobbi Mastrangelo with Three Sewer Hitter
michelle ward: “Cover Girl” Bobbi Mastrangelo

Story Blog


Bobbi Mastrangelo’s
Post Card 
Collection
at
Yorktown NY 
Museum Archives

Yorktown NY - Museum Archives

Bobbi Mastrangelo’s Post Card Albums now in Yorktown NY Museum Archives

Bobbi mastrangelo

Grate American Art


Profile of Florida Artist
Bobbi Mastrangelo

“Believe it or not, Bobbi’s “Grate Works” strike a chord. It’s fun loving art that brings a smile to your face and a sense of awe to your mind as you wonder how anyone could think of doing something so absurd, so downright hilarious as manhole art.”

~ Danielle Hayduck “Looking at the Grater Picture”

Bobbi started out as an elementary school teacher. Even when she fit college art classes into her schedule, she rendered “Classic Works” of Art. Studies of Picasso and modern art inspired Bobbi to experiment with line, form and texture which evolved into “Mod Works."

It was Master Printer Dan Welden who advised Bobbi to either select a theme or a style for her artistic identity. Lawrence Alloway, author of American Pop Art, noted a penchant for circles in Mastrangelo’s art. A page of manhole cover photos caught her attention. That was her Eureka Moment! In 1979 Bobbi chose the manhole cover theme and the rest is “Grate History!”

Now Mastrangelo is internationally known for her “Grate Works:” transformations of manhole covers, sewers and grates into wall relief street-scapes and embossments on hand made papers. The message of her manhole art is to conserve and protect our precious resources.

Bobbi has had the most fun with her art happenings: from having students doing writings, rubbings or painting manhole covers to staging scenes with her sculptures. The mud-bound grate and base at Bobbi’s feet in the photo above were actually cropped into the scene for her 2009 National Post Card Week issue “Don’t Go Soft On Terrorism.”

You are invited to Circle this Web Site: See National Post Card Week, read the poetry and art stories on her Bio (About). View The “Grate Works" of Art in the Gallery and Exhibitions. Peruse the Blog and add your “Grate Thoughts!” Become a part of “Grate History!”
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