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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]
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Kasmin is pleased to present three large-scale bronze sculptures by Joel Shapiro, the first in an ongoing program of exhibitions in the gallery’s outdoor rooftop sculpture garden situated on top of its new flagship gallery space at 509 West 27th Street, New York.
Untitled. Since the mid-1970s, Joel Shapiro has made sculptures of the human form using only rectangular wooden blocks, which he then casts in bronze. By emphasizing the dynamic movement of the body, instead of traits such as gender or race, Shapiro’s simple, playful figures suggest the universality of human experience.
ON JOEL SHAPIRO’S SCULPTURES AND DRAWINGS. By Marc Fields. LOOKING AT JOEL SHAPIRO’S SCULPTURES involves a lot of walking, and certain paths—usually ones uncharacteristic of moving in a gallery—prove to be the most informative.
- Marc Fields
Artist: Joel Shapiro (American, born New York, 1941) Date: 2000–2001. Medium: Oil paint on cast aluminum. Edition: 1/4. Dimensions: 12 ft. × 8 ft. 3 in. × 72 in. (365.8 × 251.5 × 182.9 cm) Weight: 750 lb. (340.2 kg) Classification: Sculpture. Credit Line: Partial and Promised Gift of Dee Dee and Herb Glimcher, 2001. Accession Number: 2001.201
Introduction. Shapiro's sculptures are often weightless and spindly, with forms held in an uneasy balance. Nationality. American. Gender. Male. Roles. Artist, Painter, Sculptor. Names. Joel Shapiro, G'oʼel Shapiro. Ulan. 500118704. View the full Getty record.
