Arlene Shechet
American · b. 1951 · Sculptor
Arlene Shechet is an American sculptor known for her inventive, gravity-defying arrangements and experimental use of diverse materials. Critics describe her work as both… (Wikipedia)
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Drawing Fire: Show Me MoonsPhillips · $6,096≈ £4,769≈ €5,607Sign up to see
Way OutWright · $5,040≈ £3,960≈ €4,804Sign up to see
Drawing Fire: Sun SpotsPhillips · $3,096≈ £2,345≈ €2,666Sign up to see
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Arlene Shechet is an American sculptor known for her inventive, gravity-defying arrangements and experimental use of diverse materials. Critics describe her work as both technical and intuitive, hybrid and polymorphous, freely mixing surfaces, finishes, styles and references to create visual paradoxes. Her abstract-figurative forms often function as metaphors for bodily experience and the human condition, touching upon imperfection and uncertainty with humor and pathos. New York Times critic Holland Cotter wrote that her career "has encompassed both more or less traditional ceramic pots and wildly experimental abstract forms: amoebalike, intestinal, spiky, sexual, historically referential and often displayed on fantastically inventive pedestals … this is some of the most imaginative American sculpture of the past 20 years."
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Hessel Museum of ArtWhitney Museum of American Art
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