NYAB Event - Keith Sonnier "Recent Work"

Keith Sonnier "Recent Work"

The Pace Gallery (32 E 57th St)

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The exhibition features approximately ten neon sculptures from the "Herd" series, ranging in size from 6 feet to over 10 feet tall. The artist’s process is revealed in several studies on paper that will also be on view in the gallery. In conjunction with Sonnier’s exhibition at PaceWildenstein, two large-scale installations will be on display in midtown Manhattan. "Whooper" (2008), a large sculpture from the "Herd" series measuring nearly 19 feet tall, will be on view at 590 Madison Avenue through January 19, 2009. This work, the largest in the series, extends into aerial space, throwing out colored gestures from a central bird-like armature. "BA-O-BA Lever House" (2003), a site-specific architectural commission from a series that began in 1968, will be reinstalled outlining Gordon Bunshaft’s iconic landmarked skyscraper Lever House (390 Park Avenue at 54th Street) from the second week of December through February 7, 2009. "BA-O-BA Lever House" was Sonnier’s first major architectural commission in New York City. The abstract sculptures of the "Herd" series draw their inspiration from Africa and the wild animals of the Safari. Sonnier, a talented draftsman, immersed himself in studies of bone relics of Mastodons and other herd animals in the photographic archives and dioramas at the Museum of Natural History before embarking on the series. The works were also influenced by the artist’s travels to India, the Far East, and Brazil, and reflect his interest in other cultures and anthropology.

[Image: Keith Sonnier "Sassaly" (2008) steel, neon, paint, copper, neoprene and transformer 10 x 2 x 4 ft. and 5 in.]

Media

• Drawing
• Sculpture

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