Seymour Lipton "Metal"
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
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Throughout his prolific fifty-year career, sculptor Seymour Lipton devoted his art to exploring the depths of human existence and experience. From his early use of wood to his later preference for metal, Lipton represented the social upheaval that marked the decades surrounding the Great Depression and World War II in works of sculpture that reveal a fundamental understanding of the complexities of anatomical and natural forms. By adding to, eliminating or otherwise altering the figure of a once-identifiable object, Lipton transformed his original model into an expression of the common anguish and uncertainty of his time. Whether depicting the tragic horrors of World War II, articulating a fear of the rising power of technology, or empathizing with the condition of the average laborer, this self-taught artist produced works that were firmly rooted in their historical moment.
[Image: Seymour Lipton "Archangel" (1963) bronze and Monel metal 9.5 x 8 x 6 in]
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from March 20, 2008 to May 17, 2008