Global InformationArlene Shechet information
Arlene Shechet | |
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 Arlene Shechet in her Kingston studio | |
| Born | 1951 New York City, U.S. |
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| Known for | Sculpture, installation, public art, paper works |
| Spouse | Mark Epstein |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship, Anonymous Was A Woman Award, Joan Mitchell Foundation, American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Academy of Design |
| Website | Arlene Shechet |
Arlene Shechet (born 1951) is an American sculptor known for her inventive, gravity-defying arrangements and experimental use of diverse materials.[1][2][3] Critics describe her work as both technical and intuitive, hybrid and polymorphous, freely mixing surfaces, finishes, styles and references to create visual paradoxes.[4][5][6] Her abstract-figurative forms often function as metaphors for bodily experience and the human condition, touching upon imperfection and uncertainty with humor and pathos.[7][8][9] 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."[10]
Shechet's work belongs to the public collections of the Centre Pompidou,[11] Metropolitan Museum of Art,[12] National Gallery of Art,[13] and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others.[14] She was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters as a lifetime member in 2023, and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2004.[15][16]
She lives and works in New York City and the nearby Hudson Valley.[17]
- ^ Hambleton, Merrell. "Arlene Shechet Creates Beauty Out of Chaos," The New York Times, February 27, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ Ollman, Leah. “Arlene Shechet's new sculptures are weirdly engrossing and crazy fresh,” Los Angeles Times, April 29, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ Rapaport, Brooke Kamin. "Body-To-Body Experience," Sculpture Magazine, June 2016, p. 30–35. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ Murtha, Chris. "Arlene Shechet," Artforum, October 28, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ Micchelli, Thomas. "Parallel Strains: Arlene Shechet's Ceramic Abstractions," Hyperallergic, October 19, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ Smith, Roberta. "Arlene Shechet: 'Slip,'" The New York Times, November 8, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ Molon, Dominic. Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast, Dominic Molon, Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, Elizabeth A. Williams, Judith Tannenbaum and Arlene Shechet, New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co, 2015.
- ^ Thorn, Bruce. "Arlene Shechet: In the Meantime at Corbett vs. Dempsey," New Art Examiner, July 2017.
- ^ Taft, Catherine. "Arlene Shechet," Artforum, June 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ Cotter, Holland. "Arlene Shechet Has a First Museum Retrospective in Boston." The New York Times, July 19, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ^ Centre Pompidou. Arlene Shechet, Artists. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art. Seeing Is Believing, Arlene Shechet, Collection. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ National Gallery of Art. Arlene Shechet, Twin Rockers, 2007, Collection. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Eye Level, Arlene Shechet, Collection. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ American Academy of Arts and Letters. "2023 Newly Elected Members," News, February 21, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Arlene Shechet, Fellows. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ Art 21. Arlene Shechet, Artists. Retrieved September 25, 2023.