Exhibitions, United States, Grand Rapids, 18 September 2012
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
1000 East Beltline Ave. NE Grand Rapids, MI 49525
http://meijergardens.org/index.php
Body Double: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture
Wednesday, September 19, 2012—Sunday, January 6, 2013
(ArtPrize, Wednesday, September 19—Sunday, October 7)
http://www.artprize.org/meri-tancredi
Extended ArtPrize Hours (Sep 19–Oct 7)
Opening Day, until 10 pm
Sundays, until 6 pm
Mondays–Thursdays, until 8 pm
Fridays–Saturdays, until 10 pm
• Societies Preview: Monday, September 17
• Members Opening: Tuesday, September 18
Historically, the human figure has served as the near singular subject addressed in sculpture. From the 1950s forward, abstract and non-representational modes of thinking became critical to sculptors and representing the figure in more literal terms fell largely out of fashion. Recently, many artists have returned to the figure but in decidedly contemporary terms. This exhibition is a survey of contemporary sculpture around the subject of the human figure as both an object and a metaphor. Considering a wide variety of formal and conceptual approaches by artists from across the United States and around the world, the exhibition illustrates the diversity and depth of the figure in Contemporary Art from more literal terms to those which are implied or symbolically stated. Building on the strength and variety of the figurative tradition of Meijer Garden’s acclaimed permanent collection; this exhibition explores a renewal of interest in the subject from objects to installations while surveying a broad spectrum of concepts, forms and materials.
[This exhibition explores the theme of the human figure including representations of the male and female nude.]
This exhibition will serve as the ArtPrize exhibition center venue during the period of September 19 – October 7.
Artists:
Shawn Lefevre (USA), June Lee (Korea), Roger Reutimann (USA), Deanna Morse (USA), Diana Al-Hadid (USA), John Buck (USA), Khalil Chishtee (USA), Zhang Dali (China), Isabel De Obaldia (Panama), Lawrence Epps (United Kingdom ), Carole Feuerman (USA), Anne Harrington Hughes (USA), Rolf Jacobsen (Italy), Kurt Kaiser (USA), Jennifer McCandless (USA), Dora Natella (USA), Alison Saar (USA), Cort Savage (USA), Carol Schwartz (USA), Christy Singleton (USA), Meri Tancredi (Italy), Angel Vapor (USA), Paloma Varga Weisz (Germany), Nan Nickson (USA), Lim Seung-Chun (USA), Eckhard Kremers (Germany).
1000 East Beltline Ave. NE Grand Rapids, MI 49525
http://meijergardens.org/index.php
Body Double: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture
Wednesday, September 19, 2012—Sunday, January 6, 2013
(ArtPrize, Wednesday, September 19—Sunday, October 7)
http://www.artprize.org/meri-tancredi
Extended ArtPrize Hours (Sep 19–Oct 7)
Opening Day, until 10 pm
Sundays, until 6 pm
Mondays–Thursdays, until 8 pm
Fridays–Saturdays, until 10 pm
• Societies Preview: Monday, September 17
• Members Opening: Tuesday, September 18
Historically, the human figure has served as the near singular subject addressed in sculpture. From the 1950s forward, abstract and non-representational modes of thinking became critical to sculptors and representing the figure in more literal terms fell largely out of fashion. Recently, many artists have returned to the figure but in decidedly contemporary terms. This exhibition is a survey of contemporary sculpture around the subject of the human figure as both an object and a metaphor. Considering a wide variety of formal and conceptual approaches by artists from across the United States and around the world, the exhibition illustrates the diversity and depth of the figure in Contemporary Art from more literal terms to those which are implied or symbolically stated. Building on the strength and variety of the figurative tradition of Meijer Garden’s acclaimed permanent collection; this exhibition explores a renewal of interest in the subject from objects to installations while surveying a broad spectrum of concepts, forms and materials.
[This exhibition explores the theme of the human figure including representations of the male and female nude.]
This exhibition will serve as the ArtPrize exhibition center venue during the period of September 19 – October 7.
Artists:
Shawn Lefevre (USA), June Lee (Korea), Roger Reutimann (USA), Deanna Morse (USA), Diana Al-Hadid (USA), John Buck (USA), Khalil Chishtee (USA), Zhang Dali (China), Isabel De Obaldia (Panama), Lawrence Epps (United Kingdom ), Carole Feuerman (USA), Anne Harrington Hughes (USA), Rolf Jacobsen (Italy), Kurt Kaiser (USA), Jennifer McCandless (USA), Dora Natella (USA), Alison Saar (USA), Cort Savage (USA), Carol Schwartz (USA), Christy Singleton (USA), Meri Tancredi (Italy), Angel Vapor (USA), Paloma Varga Weisz (Germany), Nan Nickson (USA), Lim Seung-Chun (USA), Eckhard Kremers (Germany).
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