Clement Meadmore

Clement Lyon Meadmore ( born February 9, 1929 in Melbourne, Australia, † April 19, 2005 in New York, USA ) was an Australian- American sculptor.

Life and work

Clement Meadmore studied aeronautical engineering and then industrial design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne. After these degrees he studied for several years with furniture design. During the 1950s, he created his first metal sculptures and in the period from 1954 to 1962 he held several solo exhibitions of his works in Melbourne and Sydney.

In 1963 he moved to New York and Meadmore became an American nationality. Meadmore was known for his monumental sculptures in public spaces, mostly from COR- TEN steel and aluminum, which he mixed various elements of Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism. Meadmore loves jazz music, which he brought in the titles of many works to express how " reef " (1996), " Round Midnight " (1996), " Stormy Weather " (1997), "Night and Day" (1979) and " Perdido " (1978).

Meadmore lived and worked in Manhattan and died in 2005 from the effects of Parkinson 's disease. His work is in numerous places in the U.S. and in Australia.

Works ( excluding the U.S. )

Australia

  • Silence ( 1960), Art Gallery of New South Wales, New South Wales
  • Thunder ( 1960), Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Awakening ( 1968), AMP Society, Melbourne
  • Virginia ( 1970), Sculpture Park The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
  • Double Up (1970), Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Flippant Flurry (1977 ), Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Between ( 1979), Perth Art Gallery, Perth
  • Dervish (1981 ), Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
  • Offshoot (1984 ), Cultural Centre South Bank, Brisbane

Japan

  • Crescendo, 1989, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Tokyo

Mexico

  • Untitled, Ruta de la Amistad in Mexico City de Summer Olympic Games 1968

Literary works

Own Publications of Meadmore are:

  • How to Make Furniture Without Tools Pantheon, 1975, ISBN 0-394-73063-1
  • The Modern Chair: Classic Designs by Thonet, Breuer, Le Corbusier, Eames and Others. Dover Publications; 1997, ISBN 0-486-29807-8.

Photo Gallery

Virginia ( 1970) in Canberra

Dervish (1981 ) in Melbourne

Offshoot (1984 ) in Brisbane

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