Contemporary sculpture, selections from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Author Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Date 1979
Publisher The Museum of Modern Art
ISBN 0870702831
Exhibition URL www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1853
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MoMA © 2017 The Museum of Modern Art Contemporary Sculpture: Carl Andre Edward Kienholz Selections from David Annesley Alain Kirili the Collection of Richard Artschwager Sol LeWitt' The Museum of Modem Art Alice Aycock Roy Lichten stein LarryBell Richard Long Lynda Benglis John McCracken Joseph Beuys Robert Morris Ronald Bladen Bruce Nauman Michael Bolus . Claes Oldenburg " ; , ' * ' ' j ' Robert Breer Eduardo Paolozzi Anthony Caro Kenneth Price ' John Chamberlain David Rabinowitch Christo Jean Pierre Raynaud Walter De Maria Carlos Rojas Guy Dill AlanSaret Jean Dubuffet Tim Scott John Duff George Segal Charles Fahlen Richard Serra BarryFlanagan Joel Shapiro Dan Flavin ~ Charles Simonds ' Joe Goode Robert Smithson; Robert Graham George Sugarman . Eva Flesse William Tucker Bryan Hunt H.C. Westermann Donald Judd Christopher Wilmarth EllsworthKelly Jacqueline Winsor Copyright © 1979 by The Museum of Modern Art, New York All rights reserved ISBN0-87070-283-1 Foreword
The period of some fifteen years covered by "Con zontal, like a floor, or else on a wall, while reports temporary Sculpture: Selections from the Collec on other sculptural activities may exist on film tion of The Museum of Modern Art" has been one or videotape. of extraordinary vitality and innovation in the art of The Museum's collections have reflected the ten sculpture. It reflects, both here and abroad, a dency of contemporary sculptors to create works large number of methods, from traditional model in other mediums than sculpture, and a relevant ing and casting to the modes of assemblage, selection of these accompanies the exhibition. "soft"sculpture, minimalism, conceptualism, On the other hand, because the Museum is com earthworks, and, more recently, making visible the mitted to lending works to exhibitions both nation process of the making. Forrecent sculpture, ally and internationally, some major pieces of color has often been an important component. sculpture that would be expected to appear in In another departure from the traditional, several a survey of this kind are not included in the artists have conceived and supervised commer installation. cial fabrications. Others have paid attention to technological innovations, and some to the Recently the Museum has had occasion to cele more personal and expressive modes of the brate other aspects of its collections, for example, constructed. the holdings of specific historical artists and of specific historical movements. The collecting of A number of artists,in their involvement with the the present, however, is a particular challenge, environment and the place, have created works and this exhibition provides me with an oppor that are outside the museum or the collecting situ tunity to call attention to the efforts and energy of ation. Simultaneously, other artists have produced many colleagues in the Department of Painting indoor works, of impressive quality and impact, and Sculpture who have made this aspect of the that simply demand spaces larger than any the collection as rich and diverse as it is. The invalu Museum could possibly provide. Despite the able generosity of those who have donated works absence of such works,this exhibition still is able and of those who have contributed to purchase to demonstrate the radical and often eccentric funds has made the contemporary collection sensibility that has been an intrinsic part of unique and significant. recent time. Thisexhibition allows us to evaluate the current The emphasis on situation and place and the collection, and to reflecton how it should grow. But attempts to redefine the sculptural object have most important, it allows us to perceive and value led recent sculptors to a virtual rejection of the fig the excitement and creativity of our own time urative. Further,with today's open situation, the and place. basic categorizations of painting, sculpture, architecture, theater, video, and publication have I wish to thank all those members of the Museum all been questioned and all putto use by sculp staff who have worked on this exhibition. tors as they seek a new kind of human involve ment both with the environment and with the work Kynaston McShine of art. For example, the pedestal has become Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture almost obsolete, and sculpture existson the hori The Museum of Modern Art
The exhibition "Contemporary Sculpture: Selections trom the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art" presented from May 18 through August 7,1979, has been made possible by a generous grant from Interpace Corporation. Andre, Carl American, born 1935 1. Squaw Rock. 1964.Six stacked, glazed, cast- concrete bricks, each 2 x 8% x 1%"(5.1 x 21.2x 4.4 cm); overall, 5)4 x 8%x 8%" (14x 21.2x 21.2cm), irregular. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Chapman. 2. Timber Spindle Exercise. 1964.Wood, 33 x 8 x 8" (84 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm). Gift of Mr.and Mrs.Michael Chapman. 3. Lead Piece (144 Lead Plates 12"x 12 "x %"). 1969.144 lead plates, each approximately % x 12 x 12" (.9 x 30.5x30.5 cm);overall, %"x 12' %"x12'1)4" (.9 x 367.8 x 369.2 cm). Advisory Committee Fund.
Annesley, David British,born 1936 4. Untitled. 1967.Painted aluminum, 6' 2%"x 9' 3%" x20" (188.6x282.8x50.8 cm). HarryJ. Rudick Fund.
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