Joel Shapiro

Joel Shapiro ( born 1941 in New York City ) is an American visual artist.

Life

Shapiro grew up in New York City. In 1964, he joined the New York University 's Bachelor of Arts (BA ) from 1969 ibid. his Master of Arts (MA). From 1965 to 1967 he served as a volunteer in the Peace Corps in India. In 1970 he was able to participate in the annual exhibition Comtemporary American Sculpture at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. In 1976 he represented the United States at the 37th Venice Biennale, 1980 to the 39th in 1977 took Shapiro at documenta 6 in Kassel in part, as in 1982 at the documenta 7 His works are represented in numerous international collections. Shapiro lives and works in New York City. He is married to the artist Ellen Phelan.

Work

Shapiro is known for his large-scale sculptures made ​​of cast iron or bronze (and wood), consisting of bar-shaped elements - indiscriminately at first glance - welded together and seem unstable. Its form language Shapiro developed in the 1970s in dealing with the minimalism. Since the 1980s, the human figure for him became a recurring theme that he - holds mostly in a state of motion or in a pose - in a highly stylized form. Where they remember a certain attitude, his sculptures can appeal to emotions in the viewer. Of his more than 20 works in public space are two of his bronzes to be found in Germany: Untitled ( 1994) before the Quartier 205, Berlin, and Untitled (1996/ 99) in Cologne Sculpture Park. Among his most famous works in the public space is one of the sculpture in front of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC

Awards

Solo exhibitions (selection )

The marked with "K" shows a catalog was published.

Collections (selection)

  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
  • Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
  • Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
  • Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  • Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  • Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
  • Kunsthaus Zurich
  • Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek
  • Moderna Museet, Stockholm
  • Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
  • Beeldenroute Wester Siegel, Rotterdam
  • Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Israel-Museum American Academy of Arts and Letters Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Minneapolis Institute of Arts Museum Ludwig Tate Britain Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Integrated Authority File
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