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Joel Elias Shapiro (born September 27, 1941 [1] New York City, New York) is an American sculptor renowned for his dynamic work composed of simple rectangular shapes.
Subverting the distinctions between abstraction and representation, Joel Shapiro reconsiders the modern figurative tradition. Shapiro creates abstract geometric sculpture that elicits a sense of movement and engages viewers’ physical and psychological relationships with space.
Joel Shapiro is an American artist best known for his wooden sculptures of abstracted human forms. View Joel Shapiro’s 810 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Configuring rectilinear blocks and beams in ways that suggest figures in motion, Joel Shapiro creates sculptures that animate the cool, reductive forms of Minimalism. After first constructing miniature houses, chairs, and other objects in the 1970s, he began making his signature large-scale sculptures in wood and bronze in the early 1980s.
For over 50 years, Joel Shapiro has refined the elements of gravity, structure, and movement in his geometric sculptures that test the boundaries of abstraction and figuration.
On view through July 20, 2023, Joel Shapiro’s first solo presentation in Hong Kong brings together various sculptures in wood and bronze that highlight aspec...
Read an interview with Joel Shapiro at BOMB.
