NYAB Event - Ann Sperry "Harmonic Convergence"

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At SculptureCenter
Media: Sculpture

This solo exhibition presents an overview of the work of Ann Sperry (1934-2009) reflecting on four decades of experimentation with the emotional and psychological potential of material. Sperry began making sculpture in the 1960s. In later decades, when the art world came to value postmodern coolness and detachment, Sperry remained unafraid to reach into her heart and soul. She made art about her experience as a woman, a Jew and a human being awestruck by the immensity of the cosmos.

Born in the Bronx, Sperry went to Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied art history with William Rubin, and sculpture with Theodore Roszak, a leading Abstract Expressionist sculptor. She learned welding and brazing, the craft of fusing together ready-made materials and the craft of imbuing molten metal with emotional intensity. Sperry exhibited around the globe; her work was acquired by museums in the United States, France, and Israel; she executed important public commissions (for Seattle and Boston, among other cities); and she taught at Harvard, Yale, the Studio School, and many other institutions.

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