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Bruce Beasley : an exhibition of bronze sculpture

Bruce Beasley : skulpturen / sculpture

Bruce Beasley : sixty year retrospective, 1960-2020

For six decades, sculptor Bruce Beasley has worked in a range of media to build complex, resonant arrangements from simple shapes that communicate the primacy of form and express the complexity of human emotion. This richly illustrated volume, published to accompany a major retrospective at Grounds For Sculpture, in Hamilton, New Jersey, includes his cast aluminium works of the 1970s, cast acrylic sculptures of the 1970s and 1980s, and stainless steel and bronze works of the 1990s to the present day. With stunning photography and insightful essays, this elegantly designed book celebrates the breadth of the pioneering artist's 60-years of creating, from his early iron works, featured in the influential exhibition The Art of Assemblage (1961) at the Museum of Modern Art, to his latest collages on canvas, and will serve as the definitive treatment of Beasley's distinguished careerFor six decades, sculptor Bruce Beasley has worked in a range of media to build complex, resonant sculptures that communicate the primacy of form and express the emotional language of shape. Bruce Beasley: Sixty Year Retrospective is an elegant survey of his illustrious career: from early experiments in scrap iron during the 1960s; aluminum works of the 1970s; cast acrylic sculptures of the 1970s and 80s; and stone, stainless steel and bronze works of the 1990s to the present day. The catalogue also features Beasley's latest venture into two-dimensional media. This richly illustrated book includes Beasley's reflections on his career. In a conversation, Beasley and Lawrence Weschler discuss art and activism. Essays discussing his processes and appraising his impact are written by curator Tom Moran and Marlena Doktorczyk-Donohue, Director of the Bruce Beasley Foundation and Professor of Art History at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles.