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Subverting the distinctions between abstraction and representation, Joel Shapiro reconsiders the modern figurative tradition. Shapiro creates abstract geometric sculpture that elicits a sense of movement and engages viewers’ physical and psychological relationships with space.
Joel Elias Shapiro (born September 27, 1941 New York City, New York) is an American sculptor renowned for his dynamic work composed of simple rectangular shapes. The artist is classified as a Minimalist as demonstrated in his works, which were mostly defined through the materials used, without allusions to subjects outside of the works. [2]
Joel Shapiro is an American artist best known for his wooden sculptures of abstracted human forms. View Joel Shapiro’s 806 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
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Joel Elias Shapiro (born September 27, 1941 New York City, New York) is an American sculptor renowned for his dynamic work composed of simple rectangular shapes. The artist is classified as a Minimalist as demonstrated in his works, which were mostly defined through the materials used, without allusions to subjects outside of the works.
Since 1970, Joel Shapiro (b. 1941, New York, NY) has created work that activates and reconfigures space with his iconic vocabulary of geometric forms, shifting figural and nonreferential implications, and subtle manipulations of scale. In his recent investigations of the expressive possibility of form and color, the artist suspends elements ...
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Oct 31, 2016 · Joel Shapiro received his B.A. in 1964, and his M.A. in 1969 from New York University. Since his first solo exhibition in 1970, Shapiro's work has been the subject of more than 160 solo exhibitions and retrospectives.