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Tom OtternessAngry Father, family sculpture in bronze1984
1984
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A lively and important work that would bring animation to any interior.
Though he has been called “the world’s best public sculptor,” by art critic Ken Johnson, Tom Otterness’ playful and amusing small scale figures are equal in strength and parody to their monumental counterparts. In Angry Father, a work which predates his public commissions. The cartoonish handling of the figures helps to humanize a subject and see the humor in our family scenarios and make light of them. Patinated in a pleasing dark green, the object’s highlights of light green accentuate volume in what is nearly a two-dimensional sculpture. So it is an avant-garde work in approach and style and would enliven any interior with an individualistic feel. Otterness is an important American sculptor so the work carries strong market value and it is rare.
Possibly best known for his 2004 commission “Life Underground”, an installation of dozens of whimsical satirical figures and animals that populate New York’s 14th Street MTA subway station and platform, Tom Otterness’ public sculptures can also be seen on the grounds and in the galleries of some of America’s top museums and in the parks and plazas of cities large and small across the country. International commissions include those in Münster, Germany, Toronto, Canada, Seoul, South Korea, and Scheveningen, the Netherlands.
- Creator:Tom Otterness (1952, American)
- Creation Year:1984
- Dimensions:Height: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)Width: 24.25 in (61.6 cm)Depth: 3.5 in (8.89 cm)
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- Condition:Great condition - no issues of note - appropriate to well cared for Bronze of this age.
- Gallery Location:Greenwich, CT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU141328604202
Tom Otterness
Tom Otterness was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1952. By 1970 he had arrived in New York to attend the Art Students League, followed by The Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Otterness redefines the tradition of cast bronze figurative sculpture by using whimsical cartoon-like figures to make critical commentaries on political and social issues. Not only do his sculptures vary in size from colossal to minute, they also address a wide range of emotions and experiences. Their placement in parks, subway stations, and other public areas around the country allow the works to be appreciated by people from all walks of life. Otterness’s combination of unforeseen subject matter and fanciful characters makes his work universally appealing. Otterness works mainly in bronze sculpture, but his ideas have been realized on paper in the form of drawings and etchings. The unique, simplified forms he creates to convey thought-provoking themes succeed in whichever medium Otterness employs. He currently lives and works in New York City. Otterness has received a number of public commissions across the United States and abroad, and he is represented in many public collections including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York; Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; IVAM Center Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain; Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico; Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
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