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Mark di Suvero Sculptures

American, b. 1933
Mark di Suvero is a key Abstract Expressionist who rose to prominence in the late 1950s due to his ground-breaking sculpture practice. His large sculptures would be comprised of leftover construction materials from demolition sites such as structural steel, wires, and other scraps, famously being put together through di Suvero's use of a crane. The subsequent sculptures produced simultaneously take on a constructivist, existentialist, and utopian quality. His work is intentionally installed in public spaces like parks and gardens in order to confront everyday viewers with the problems of contemporary industrialization and urban living. Di Suvero is the founder of the Socrates Sculpture Park, Park Place Gallery, and ConStruct. He has also received the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award and the Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities.
(Biography provided by Rafael Gallery)
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Artist: Mark di Suvero
Untitled
By Mark di Suvero
Located in San Francisco, CA
Born in Shanghai, China in 1933, Mark di Suvero emigrated to the U.S. in 1941. Raised in San Francisco, he attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1956 with a B.A. in Philosophy. His sculpture, generally classified as Abstract Expressionist, has been shown in galleries and museums in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia since the 1960's. Outdoor exhibitions have taken place in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and a number of cities in the U.S. citywide shows include Paris, France; Venice, Italy; and New York City. In the U.S., cities with permanent installations of di Suvero's sculpture include Baltimore, Dallas, Grand Rapids, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, St. Louis, San Francisco, South Bend, and Toledo. In New York, di Suvero's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Storm King Art Center (Mountainville, NY). In 1977, di Suvero created the Athena Fountain to assist artists; composer Philip Glass and sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard...
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2010s Mark di Suvero Sculptures

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Steel

Untitled
By Mark di Suvero
Located in San Francisco, CA
Born in Shanghai, China in 1933, Mark di Suvero emigrated to the U.S. in 1941. Raised in San Francisco, he attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1956 with a B.A. in Philosophy. His sculpture, generally classified as Abstract Expressionist, has been shown in galleries and museums in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia since the 1960's. Outdoor exhibitions have taken place in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and a number of cities in the U.S. citywide shows include Paris, France; Venice, Italy; and New York City. In the U.S., cities with permanent installations of di Suvero's sculpture include Baltimore, Dallas, Grand Rapids, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, St. Louis, San Francisco, South Bend, and Toledo. In New York, di Suvero's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Storm King Art Center (Mountainville, NY). In 1977, di Suvero created the Athena Fountain to assist artists; composer Philip Glass and sculptor Ursula von...
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1970s Mark di Suvero Sculptures

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Steel

Nardos de Angustia
By Mark di Suvero
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Mark di Suvero Sculptures

Untitled
By Mark di Suvero
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Mark di Suvero Sculptures

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