Carole Feuerman
Contemplation

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Contemplation Epoxy and Laquer 34" x 42" x 22" Carole A. Feuerman (born 1945) is an American sculptor and author working in Hyperrealism. She is one of the three artists credited with starting the movement in the late 1970s. She is best known for her iconic figurative works of swimmers and dancers. She is the only artist to make realistically painted outdoor sculptures and the only woman to sculpt in this style. Feuerman’s public works have been displayed in: Central Park and SoHo, New York, the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; l’ Avenue George V and Saint Tropez, France: Hung Tai Museum in Changzhou, CHN and Harbor City in Hong Kong: the Arsenale in the Venice Biennale, Giardino della Marinaressa, Palazzo Strozzi Palace, and Palazzo Reale, IT, New Bond Street and Canary Wharf, UK: and Osthaus Museum, Museumsplatz 1, Hagen, DEU. Recent exhibitions include Corpus Domini at Palazzo Reale, Milan, ITA, Master of Hyperrealism at the Church of The Pietà and Paradiso Art Gallery in Venice, ITA, Carole A. Feuerman: From la Biennale di Venezia and Open to Rome at Galleria d’Arte Moderna and Terrazzo del Pincio in Rome, ITA, Reflections of the Soul in Saint-Tropez FRA, Hyperrealisme, Ceci n’est pas un corps at the Musée Maillol and Monumental on Avenue George V in Paris, FRA, and The Importance of Being Human at the Medici Museum of Art in Ohio, USA. Feuerman has received multiple awards including: The Special Honor Award in Changzhou CHN, Best in Show in Beijing CHN, the Amelia Peabody Award, First Prize at the Olympic Fine Art Exhibition in Beijing, and the Medici Award in Florence ITA. She has taught, lectured, and given workshops at the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum. In 2011, she founded Carole A. Feuerman Sculpture Foundation. She has four full color monographs. Her works are in the permanent collections of thirty-one museums and owned by the cities of Sunnyvale CA and Peekskill NY, the State Hermitage, El Paso Museum, and privately owned by Steven A. Cohen, Former President Clinton, The Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Mr. Joop van Caldenborgh, Dr. Henry Kissinger, and Malcolm Forbes. ARTIST STATEMENT Through my sculptures I convey my feelings about life and art. It is far easier for me to express my emotions through sculpture than through words. I portray the inner life of each image I create to capture the passion and sensuality of my subject. In this way, my work speaks to the viewer, evoking both an emotional and an intellectual response. My early hyper-realistic sculptures invite the audience to contemplate the intriguing dichotomy of reality in life and art. While my current work in metal is inspired by the idealized forms of ancient civilizations, in my trompe-l’oeil works, figures are portrayed as fragmented reality. Although only a portion of the body is presented, extensive detailing makes each figure come to life. In contrast, the classical subjects of my work in metal are realized through a technique I developed for dripping and pouring molten materials. Throughout my artistic career, my style has undergone many transformations, but my passion for art and my love of creating art endure. Carole A. Feuerman

Creator:
Carole Feuerman (1945, American)
Dimensions:
Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Width: 42 in (106.68 cm)Depth: 22 in (55.88 cm)
Medium:
Resin,Epoxy Resin
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Chicago, IL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU388311156662
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Carole Feuerman

Carole A. Feuerman is acknowledged, alongside Duane Hanson and John D’Andrea, as one of the three major American hyperrealist sculptors that started the movement in the 1970s. Feuerman’s career spans over four decades and four continents. At the heart of her sculptures are visual stories of strength, survival, and balance.

Feuerman has taught, lectured, and given workshops at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, Columbia University and Grounds for Sculpture.

In 2011, she founded the Carole A. Feuerman Sculpture Foundation. Feuerman has had solo museum retrospectives at the El Paso Museum in Texas, the Huan Tai Hu Museum of Jiangsu Province in China, the Amarillo Art Museum, the Tampa Museum of Art, the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery – CUNY and the Queens Museum. In 2013, her sculpture The General’s Daughter was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

In 2007, Feuerman had a solo exhibition in Venice called "Bellezza E Beressaze: By the Sea" in the Venice Biennale, curated by John T. Spike, featuring her monumental sculpture Survival of Serena for the first time. In 2008, Survival of Serena was chosen "Best in Show" at the Beijing Biennale and was exhibited at the National Museum of China. In 2013, Survival of Serena was chosen by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation for exhibition in Soho, New York. In 2017 it was exhibited in Central Park for the department's celebration of the 50th anniversary of the "Art in the Parks" program.

Currently Feuerman has nine monumental sculptures in Paris on the Champs- Élysées and Avenue George V. Her iconic sculptures Catalina and The General’s Daughter are traveling in a group show titled "50 Years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture." The show originated in 2016 at Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Spain. It then traveled to the Academia de Bellas Artes in Madrid, to the Marco Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Monterrey and more.

Feuerman's art is included in the collections of former President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Dr. Henry Kissinger and more.

Feuerman’s selected awards include the 2001 Lorenzo il Magnifico Award for the Biennale Internazionale: Dell’Arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy; the Prize of Honor in 2002 for the Ausstellungszentrum Heft in Huttenberg, Austria; and the Medici Prize awarded by the City of Florence. There are four full-color monographs written about her work.

Feuerman lives and works in New York City.

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