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Six Decades of the Sculptors Guild

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Sculptors Guild 2005/2006 Executive OfficersPresident Michael ReesVice President Jerelyn HanrahanTreasurer Richard HeinrichSecretary Mary Ellen ScherlExhibitions Director Peter DudekPublic Relations Director Michael SomoroffAdmissions Director Marcus BaenzigerNominations Director Robert Michael SmithPublications Director Cliff BaldwinFundraising Director Yael Kanarek

Board of DirectorsMichael ZanskyAdam KalkinCorin HewittAlvin SherJulian LaVerdiere

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Six Decades of the Sculptors GuildCurated by Jerelyn Hanrahan

The Sculptors Guild of New York has a renown and rich history of visionary and avante garde artists of divergent aesthetics, and its members have been contributing to

the cultural landscape of New York, for over 70 years through public and professional exhibitions.

This exhibition is a celebration of the Sculptors Guild History and its members, from renown artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Jose de Creeft, Chaim Gross, Louise

Nevelson, Clement Meadmore, George Rickey, and

Mark DiSuvero, to the more contemporary, and assimilated sculptures of our new members addressing, concept, installation and computer generated sculpture.

The Sculptors Guild Membership is based on nominated sculptors with proven qualities of personal and professional excellence, and the exhibition celebrates the diver-

sity with which artists have explored the third dimension

Archival to Contemporary, Six Decades of the Sculptors Guild is an exhilarating frenzy of sculpture ranging from the luminary works of Louise Bourgeous and David

Smith, to the acrobatic figures of Chaim Gross, the erotic aluminum wall relief’s of Hal Buckner, to the expressionistic life-size castings of Leonda Finke, and the

investigation of the beauty in obesity by Mary-Ellen Scherl Hybrids of reality, fantasy and displacement morphed in a hysterical assemblage of legs, (like a futuristic

Hans Bellmer) in the work of Michael Rees, and continue in the work of Ann Chahbandour, in a fable like bronze narrative of a wolf being converted by Saint Frances

in a boxing ring .

All this while Eric Guzman’s wall sculptures redefine kinetic, and the engineered light sensitive installation BION of Adam Brown ignites the Tilles Center for the

Performing Arts. The history of sculpture is evident throughout the exhibition. Content is addressed and references to the ready-made are visable in the steel covered

Bible of James Greco, as Peter Dudeks installation Monument to my Lovelife combines Art de Povera (found objects) fused with a Mondrian sensibility, and Kim

Kimball presents a radical renewal of Brancusi’s Endless Tower, in his 16’ construction made of pipe cleaners...

My exhibition criteria were to celebrate the past, the present, and the future of the Guild, exhibiting the evolution and consistent re-definition of the third dimension.

Through visits to foundations and the studios of contemporary sculptors who are currently members, I discovered the rich history of the Guild, and recognized an

inspired ebb and flow of influences ranging from traditional, contextual, conceptual and technological approaches that continue to redefine sculpture in the 20th

Century.

Jerelyn Hanrahan

Guest Curator

Vice President, Sculptors Guild

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Six Decades of the Sculptors GuildCuratorial Statement

History of the Sculptors Guild

History of the Sculptors Guild

Markus Baenziger

Cliff Baldwin

Louise Bourgeois

Adam Brown

Hal Buckner

Steve Ceraso

Ann Chahbandour

Bryan Crockett

Peter Dudek

Lin Emery

Leonda Finke

Irene Gennaro

James Greco

Chaim Gross

Erik Guzman

Jerelyn Hanrahan

Julian LaVerdiere

Barbara Lekberg

Robert Loebell

Clement Meadmore

David Morris

Louise Nevelson

Rune Olsen

Vera Manzi Schacht

Michael Rees

Mary Ellen Scherl

David Smith

Robert Michael Smith

Kathleen Vance

Hans Van De Bovenkamp

William Zorach

Guest Artist

Kim Kimball

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Six Decades of the Sculptors GuildSelected Artists

David SmithPicture Between Doors (Picture & Walls), 1934Iron and brass 1 x 8 1/2 x 4 1/4" Collection of the Estate of David Smith, New York

William ZorachHen 1946Bronze 10 x 16”

Louise BourgeoisPregnant Woman I 1947-1949Bronze 48 x 16 x 16" Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York

Chaim GrossAcrobatic Performers

Leonda Finke“Woman on Stool” 1986Bronze 72 x 36 x 36”

Lin EmeryAMLI Waukegan, IL

Vera Manzi SchachtThe Foot of San Miguel 2000Terracotta 38 x 15 x 15”

Mary Ellen Scherl50DDPlaster 22 x 17 x 32”

Irene GennaroKore

Robert LoebellProgress 2003Wood 60 x 2 x 1”

Hal BucknerJ-Series #44 1998Aluminum cut-out 68 x 48 x 1/4"

Clement MeadmoreMoreover 1996Bronze 10.5 x 7.5 x 8.5”

Hans Van de BovenkampDance 1998Stainless steel 96 x 36 x 12"

Bryan CrockettPinkie, 2001cultured marble 18 x 12.5 x 20.5” Edition of 6 Courtesy of the Artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York

Julian LaVerdiereLantern Shuttlecock : Black Mihrab 2003Acrylic, MDF, auto paint, fluorescent fixtures, tinted mirrors, nylon hoist 96 x 96 x 24”

James GrecoBookend (Bible Encased in Steel) 2005Bible and steel 7 x 2 x 17"

Steve CerasoWall Planks 2005Cedar 48 x 48”

Erik GuzmanEclipse Triptych / monk tones 2006Aluminum, oak, aqua resin, speakers, lights, sensors 16 x 120 x 20"

Jerelyn HanrahanAngelbaby 2005Cast resin 144 x 30 x 40"

Kim Kimball

metal rings / pipe cleaners 16' x 3" x 1/4"

Barbara LekbergTree of Life 2001

Bronze 13 x 15 x 10"

Ann Chahbandour Saint Francis, Please Convert This Wolf II 1999

Mixed media 24 3/4 x 17 x 14”

Kathleen VanceBoundsticks 2004

(approximately 17’ x 19’ x 7’) fallen branches and sticks, sisal bailing twine

Markus BaenzigerLeap 2000

23 x 11 x 47“ Synthetic resin

David MorrisBridge Model 2005

Three dimensional model

Robert SmithAmaranthe I 2003

Marble 10 x 22 x 12"

Michael ReesHummunculus 2005

Media SLS plastic 7 x 9 x 12"

Adam Brown in collaboration with scientist Dr. Andrew FaggBion 2005

Injection molded plastic and custom electronicseach bion(robot) = 4 x 3 x 21/2"

Peter DudekMonument to My Lovelife 2005

Cliff BaldwinMarker (for CW Post) 2005

Aluminum 24 x 288”

Rune OlsenThere's Something Deep Inside of Me 2005

Graphite on archival masking tape, blue mannequin eyes, newspaper, wire, and acrylic medium 45 x 64 x 61”

David Smith P i c t u re Between Doors William Zora c h H e nLouise Bourgeois P regnant Wo m a nLouise Neve l s o n U n t i t l e dChaim Gro s s A c robatic Pe r f o r m e r sLeonda Finke Woman on a StoolLin Emery L e t t e rVe ra Manzi Schacht The Foot of San MiguelMary Ellen Scherl 5 0 D DI rene Gennaro Ko reRobert Loebell P ro g re s sHal Buckner J-Series, #44Clement Meadmore M o re o ve rHans Van De Bovencamp D a n c eBryan Cro c ke t t P i n k yJulian LaVe rd i e re L a n t e rn Shuttlecock ( Black Mihrab )James Gre c o Book End (Bible Encased in Steel)

S t eve Cera s o Wall PlankErik Guzman E c l i p s eJ e relyn Hanra h a n A n g e l b a b yB a r b a ra Lekberg Tree of LifeAnn Chahbandour Saint Frances Please Convert this Wolf IIKathleen Va n c e B o u n d s t i c k sMarkus Baenziger L e a pDavid Morris Bridge ModelRobert Michael Smith A m a ranthe 1Michael Rees H u m m u n c u l u sAdam Bro w n B I O NPeter Dudek Monument to My Love l i f eC l i ff Baldwin M a r ker (for CW Po s t )Rune Olsen Th e re ’s Something Deep Inside of Me

Guest ArtistKim Kimball Full-Length Black Chain

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Six Decades of the Sculptors GuildExhibition Checklist

David Smith photo courtesy Christie's, New York; copyright Estate of David Smith Licensed by VAGA, New Yo r kJose De Cre e f t , Alice in Wonderland, Monument to Margarita Delacorte, Kim Keeve r, New York J e relyn Hanrahan, Angelbaby, Virginia Pierre p o n t

Sponsorship re c e i ved for sculpture Angelbaby… S . E . T. Mold and Casting Supplies, Massapequa Park ,New Yo r kS c h e u rer Monuments, We s t b u r y, New Yo r kAlan Peseri, Oyster BaySpecial thanks go to:Ugar Kunt, and Steven Ceraso Wa r ren Sternlicht , Dynogrout Inc, Deer Park, New Yo r k

Bion Project Funding was re c e i ved by:U n i versity of OklahomaCollege of EngineeringSchool of Computer ScienceO ffice of the Pre s i d e n tThe Vice President for Researc hThe College of Fine ArtThe School of Art

The National Science Fo u n d a t i o nS t rategy Electronics inc, OklahomaExhibition Sponsorship:Hillwood Art Museum at Long Island Unive r s i t y, C.W. Post campus, B rookville, New Yo r kElliott Sroka, Director for the Institute of Arts and CultureFedEx Kinkos, Office and Print ServicesExhibition card and catalog printing, Manager, Derek Oxley

Special thanks to:The Chaim Gross Foundation, New York, Mimi Gross and April Pa u lThe Estate of David Smith New York, Susan CookeLouise Bourgeois Studio, New Yo r kClement Meadmore Foundation, New Yo r kLynda Anderson Gallery, Locust Va l l e y, New Yo r kLehmann Maupin Gallery, New Yo r k

M a rc Christophe, Office Manager, Sculptors Guild C l i ff Baldwin, Publications Dire c t o r, Sculptors Guild, catalogue design

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Six Decades of the Sculptors GuildAcknowledgements