Jerry Barrish, 87, Makes Found-Object Sculpture From Discarded Plastic in a Mission Studio
The former bail bondsman and filmmaker made his first found-object piece in 1988 from plastic collected at a Pacifica beach. His studio on the second floor of the Nelson Duni Gallery on Bartlett Street is open to visitors.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
The Golden Gate Bridge at sunset under a pink and purple sky. Photo: Umer Sayyam / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (cropped, resized and color-graded). Archive photo of the area; not a photo of the events in this story.
Jerry Barrish, an 87-year-old former bail bondsman and filmmaker, has spent decades turning discarded plastic into found-object sculpture, Mission Local reported.
He made his first found-object piece in 1988 with plastic he sourced from the beach in front of his Pacifica home, a Christmas tree that launched the work. "I haven't seen anyone doing what I'm doing," Barrish said. "I have found a unique voice."
His studio is on the second floor of the Nelson Duni Gallery on Bartlett Street in the Mission, and Mission Local reported that anyone can visit, even if the space feels like a hidden secret.
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