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Joel Elias Shapiro (born September 27, 1941 New York City, New York) is an American sculptor renowned for his dynamic work composed of simple rectangular shapes. The artist is classified as a Minimalist as demonstrated in his works, which were mostly defined through the materials used, without allusions to subjects outside of the works. [2]
Subverting the distinctions between abstraction and representation, Joel Shapiro reconsiders the modern figurative tradition. Shapiro creates abstract geometric sculpture that elicits a sense of movement and engages viewers’ physical and psychological relationships with space.
Joel Shapiro is a contemporary artist who creates abstract forms and shapes with various materials. Explore his works, exhibitions, and interviews at MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Joel Shapiro is a contemporary artist who creates wooden sculptures that blur the line between figuration and abstraction. Learn about his biography, artworks, exhibitions, and auction prices on artnet.
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ON JOEL SHAPIRO’S SCULPTURES AND DRAWINGS. By Marc Fields. LOOKING AT JOEL SHAPIRO’S SCULPTURES involves a lot of walking, and certain paths—usually ones uncharacteristic of moving in a gallery—prove to be the most informative.
- Marc Fields
For over 50 years, Joel Shapiro has refined the elements of gravity, structure, and movement in his geometric sculptures that test the boundaries of abstraction and figuration.
Since 1970, Joel Shapiro (b. 1941, New York, NY) has created work that activates and reconfigures space with his iconic vocabulary of geometric forms, shifting figural and nonreferential implications, and subtle manipulations of scale.
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