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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. [2]
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 Shapiro is a contemporary artist who creates wooden sculptures that blur the line between figuration and abstraction. Learn about his biography, artworks, exhibitions, and auction prices on artnet.
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Joel Shapiro is a contemporary artist who creates abstract forms and shapes with various materials. Explore his works, exhibitions, and interviews at MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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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Learn about Joel Shapiro's woodcut print Untitled, 1988, a sculptural composition of rectangular shapes in different wood veneers. The print is part of the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Kenneth Baker analyzes how Shapiro's sculpture affirms the body as the vehicle of experience and the elusiveness of meaning in a post-Modern world. He explores how Shapiro's forms are both abstract and representational, and how they challenge the viewer's projections and assumptions.
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