SEE THE WORK OF CLEMENT MEADMORE
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Clement
Meadmore (1929-2005)
American, born in Melbourne, Australia, emigrated to the United
States in 1963. Upon Clement Meadmore's arrival he was befriended
by Barnett Newman, the leading American abstractionist, who introduced
him into the art world of New York City. Viewing the important minimalist
show, Primary Structures, he was inspired to create his seminal
piece, Bent Column. Ultimately with modular forms of Meadmore's
own device he would circle the square using a curvilinear line that
moves by extention, producing a body of work that is fresh vigorous
and unique.
What
is Meadmore trying to do? He answers, "I'm going to make you
confront a big mass and dissuade you from thingking of the massiveness
when you are looking at it. I want you to think about whoat went
into it in terms of spiritual intentions...for me Mondrian suggested
the expressive possibilities of geometry and Barnett Newman extended
them by eliminating the geometric feeling from his work...In my
case, Iam trying to free geometry to work expressively as an alternative
to modeling or carving...I am interested in expressiveness which
is conveyed with geometric clarity, requiring no prior art, historical
or geometric knowledge. I firmly believe that we all have an innate
response to three dimensional form, sculpture, which, like our universal
response to music, is directly stimulated by clearly defined forms."
And commenting on Meadmore's work, Harry Rand, curator at the Smithsonian's
National Museum of American Art has stated, "Meadmore's choice
of stark forms evoke wonderful emotions beyond what untutored expectations
would suggest."
His
work appears in major private collections and museums throughout
the world including the Bradley Collection, the Nelson Rockefeller
Collections, the Cleveland Museum, the Butler Instititute of American
Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of New
York, the National Gallery of Australia, Tokyo Metropolitan Art
Space, Princeton University, University of Houston, and Columbia
University.
To
find out more about Clement Meadmore's work or prices for his sculpture
you can contact:
Peter Rose Gallery at 212.759-8173 or
email: ART@PETERROSEGALLERY.COM |
