Examples of sculpture by artists who were born between
1900 and 1939:
Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966), Large Bust, 1956, bronze, 56.5 x 32.5 x 15 cm, Tehran
Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran.
Alberto Giacometti, Chignon Woman, no date, bronze, Virginia and Herbert Lust. See
Surrealism.
Joseph Cornell (American, 1903-1972), Celestial Navigation, n.d., shadow box construction with wood, glasses, marbles, plaster head, painted cork ball, metal rods, nails, paper collage, tempera, and painted glass, 9 5/8 x 16 1/4 x 4 inches (24.4. x 41.3 x 10.2 cm), Whitney Museum of American Art, NY.
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904-1989),
Lobster Telephone, 1936, plastic,
painted plaster and mixed
media, 17.8 x 33.0 x 17.8 cm, Tate Gallery, London. This
sculpture is a classic example of the Surrealist practice of juxtaposing
otherwise unrelated everyday items. The Surrealists valued the
mysterious and provocative effect of such incongruities.
José de Rivera (American, 1904-1985)
Isamu Noguchi (American, 1904-1988)
David Smith (American, 1906-1965), Circles and Diamonds, 1951, oil
on welded steel, 30 3/4 x 32 x 6 1/2 inches, Kemper
Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO.
Louise Bourgeois (French-American, 1911-). See feminism and feminist art.
H.C. Westermann (American, 1922-1981). See specific objects.
Sir Anthony Caro (English, 1924-), Sculpture Two, 1962, welded
and painted steel,
259.0 x 208.0 x 361.0 cm, Tate Gallery, London.
Anthony Caro, Potpourri, 1976-77, welded and steel, 57 x 102 x 134 inches, Grounds For Sculpture, NJ. See English art.
Sir Anthony Caro, Emma Dipper, 1977, welded
and painted steel,
213.0 x 170.0 x 320.0 cm, Tate Gallery, London.
Eduardo Chillida (Spanish, 1924-2002), Modulation of Space I, 1963, iron, 54.6 x 69.8 x 40.0 cm, Tate Gallery,
London. See Spanish art.
George Segal (American, 1924-2000), The Dancers, 1971 and 1982, 70 1/2 x 106 x 71 inches, bronze with white patina, National Gallery of Art, Washington. See Jewish art and Pop Art.
Duane Hanson (American, 1925-1996), Young Worker, Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, FL. Hansen's sculptures of human figures are painted cast made from models, to which real body hair is attached, Hansen adding real clothing and props. See Photo-Realism.
Betye Saar (American, 1926-). See feminism and feminist art.
John Chamberlain (American, 1927-), Velvet White, 1962, painted and chromium-plated steel, 80 3/4 x 53 x 49 3/16 inches (205.1 x 134.6 x 124.9 cm) overall, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY. For this and many other sculptures, Chamberlain used junked automobile parts. Although he has also used other kinds of found materials from the industrial environment, such as paper bags, urethane foam, and Plexiglas -- he is best known for his lyrical, evocative assemblages of twisted, crushed metal.
Edward Kienholz (American, 1927-1994)
Donald Judd (American, 1928-1994). See Minimalism.
Claes Oldenburg (Swedish-American, 1929-)
and Coosje van Bruggen, Soft Screw, bronze,
Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, FL. See Pop Art.
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen (Dutch-American,
1942-), Stake Hitch, 1984, aluminum,
steel and urethane foam,
642 x 182 x 534 inches (1630.7 x 462.3 x 1356.4 cm), Dallas Museum
of Art. See diagonal and
polyurethane.
Daniel Spoerri (Swiss, 1930-), Prose Poems, 1959-60, mixed
media on wood, 27 1/.8 x
21 3/.8 x 14 1/4 inches (69.0 x 54.2 x 36.1 cm), Tate Gallery,
London -- an actual meal as abandoned on a board. See Fluxus, ontbijt,
and rhopography.
Mark di Suvero (American, 1933-).
Dan Flavin (American, 1933-).
Christo [Christo Jarachev] (Bulgarian, 1935-).
David Annesley (English, 1936-), Swing Low, 1964, painted steel, 128.3 x 175.9 x 36.8 cm, Tate Modern,
London.
William Christenberry (American, 1936-).
Luciano Fabro (Italian, 1936-).
Eva Hesse (German-American, 1936-1970), Tomorrow's Apples (5 in White), 1965,
enamel, gouache and mixed
media on board, 65.4 x 55.6 x 15.9 cm, Tate Gallery, London.
See Minimalism
and Post-Minimalism.
Eva Hesse, Hang Up, 1966, acrylic on cord and cloth, wood, and steel, 182.9 x 213.4 x 198.1 cm, Art Institute of Chicago.
Eva Hesse, Accession II, 1967, galvanized steel and rubber tubing, 78.1 x 78.1 x 78.1 cm, Detroit Institute of Arts, MI.
Eva Hesse, Addendum, 1967, painted papier
mâché, wood
and cord, 12.4 x 302.9 x 20.6 cm, Tate Gallery, London.
Lucas Samaras (American, born Greece, 1936-),
Box, 1963, mixed
media, 35.0 x 25.5 x 38.0 cm, Tate Gallery, London. See assemblage sculpture and
texture.
Red Grooms (American, 1937-).
J. Seward Johnson, Jr. (American, contemporary), Déjeuner Déjà Vu, 1994, cast bronze, painted, 62 x 132 x 360 inches, Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. Johnson's sculpture recreates Édouard Manet's (French, 1832-1883) 1863 painting Luncheon on the Grass (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe) in three dimensions. This popular sculptor has his own website. See Realism and Impressionism.
Georg Baselitz (German, 1938-), Untitled, 1982-3, painted wood
(lime), 250.0 x 73.0 x 59.0 cm, Tate Modern, London. Although
Baselitz is considered a Neo-Expressionist,
the rough surfaces of
earlier German Expressionism
can be seen in this partially chainsawed sculpture carved
from a tree trunk.
Robert Smithson (American, 1938-1973). See earth art.
Richard Serra (American, 1939-), Prop, 1968, lead
antimony, 97 1/2 x 60
x 43 inches (247.7 x 152.4 x 109.2 cm), Whitney Museum of American
Art, NY. See Minimalism.
Richard Serra, Five Plates, Two Poles, 1971, Cor-ten
steel, 96 x 276 x 216 inches, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,
MN.
Richard Serra, Tilted Arc, 1981, Cor-ten
steel, 12 x 120 feet, New York City. See arc.
Richard Serra, Trip Hammer, 1988, steel, 274.3 x 331.5 x 134.6 cm, Tate Gallery,
London.
Examples of sculpture by artists born earlier or later than those represented above:
Also see assemblage, bas-relief, carved, cast, in the round, mold, and relief, as well as articles about various cultures, styles, movements, media, etc.
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