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Don Gummer
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- Book Synopsis
- Don Gummer's career as a sculptor began in New York City in the late 1970s with his wall reliefs of painted wood, carefully layered geometric works exhibiting a strong architectural influence. Moving beyond wood to stone, bronze, stainless steel, aluminium, and glass as his primary materials, his artworks have evolved into subtly inventive, often monumental, freestanding sculptures that demonstrate his unfailing attention to craftsmanship and detail. This new monograph is the first survey on the artist and his highly acclaimed body of work. Gummer has described his interest in sculpture as "the recontextualization of natural phenomena, of unaltered things brought into aesthetic balance by choosing and placing." Using balance, proportion, and his unique sense of harmony, the artist makes durable materials seem almost buoyant. Negative space is an intrinsic element in his work, imparting a sense that his exquisite, seemingly permanent forms are ultimately as fleeting as any of nature's creations would be. The artist's works can be found in many public collections including the Butler Institute of American Art; the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art; and the Chase Manhattan. He has received awards from prestigious organisations such as the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and he was Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome.
- About The Author
- Peter Plagens is an artist, art critic, and novelist. He currently writes about art for the Wall Street Journal and ArtForum magazine. Linda Wolk-Simon was a curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, head of the Department of Drawings and Paintings at The Morgan Library & Museum, chief curator at Fairfield University's Art Museum, and is currently a visiting professor at The Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. John Yau is an American poet and critic. He currently teaches art history and criticism at Mason Gross School of Arts, Rutgers University, and has published books on poetry, fiction, and art.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780996200790
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- The Artist Book Foundation, (29 September 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 279
- Weight
- 2254 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 311 x 279 x 36 mm
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