Joel Perlman Abstract Sculptures
American, b. 1943
Selected Biography
1943 Born New York City 1964 Central School of Art, London
1965 Cornell University, B.F.A.
1967 University of California, Berkeley, M.A.
1969 - 72 Instructor Bennington College
1973 Instructor School of Visual Arts (ongoing)
1974 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
1977 Commission for Storm King Art Center
1979 National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship
1980 Commission for Winter Olympics, Lake Placid
1995 The Special Prize, Fujisankei Biennale, Japan
1996 Commission For Tenneco World Headquarters
1998 Elected Cornell University President's Council
1998 Commission For Grounds For Sculpture
2004 Commission for ABN Amro Plaza Chicago
2006 "Joel Perlman, A Sculptors Journey," Abbeville Press
2012 Pollock-Krasner Grant
2015 Advisory Council, Cornell, College of Architecture, Art and Planning
2017 Commission for The Durst Organization, NYC
2019 Commission for Property Group Partners, London
2022 Commission for Primera Companies INC., Plano TX (in progress)
SELECTED PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Parish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Property Group Partners, London, NY
The Durst Organization, New York, NY
Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
Lewis and Clark College, Godfrey, Illinois
Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Bates College Museum, Lewiston, Maine
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
Herber F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
I.B.M. Corporation, Thornwood, New York
Los Angeles County Museum, California
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida
Martin Z. Margulies Sculpture Garden, Miami, Florida
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, Ohio
Rudin Management Company Inc., New York
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York
Ursukushi-Ga-Hara Open-Air Museum, Japan
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Mark Borghi Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 2020 Lee Weber Gallery, Greenwhich, CT
2019 Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY
2018 ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY
2017 Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY2016 Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Cornell University College of Architecture
2014 Loretta Howard Gallery, New York
2013 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York
2012 Kouros Gallery, New York (& 2010, 2007, 2000, 2002, 2005)
2009 Ober Gallery, Kent, Connecticut 2008 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago (& 1996, 1999, 2003, 2006)
2007 Butler Fine Art, East Hampton, New York
1996 Glenn Horowitz Gallery, East Hampton
1993 Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York (& 1987, 1985, 1982, 1980, 1976, 1973)
1993 Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta
1991 Samuel P. Harn Museum, University of Florida
1990 Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell
1990 Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami (& 1983, 1989)
1986 Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles (& 1983, 1980)
1977 Gallery Andre Emmerich Zurich, Switzerland
1977 Galerie Pudelko, Bonn, Germany
1970 Bennington College, Vermont
1969 Axiom Gallery, London, England(Biography provided by Ark Art Works)
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Artist: Joel Perlman
Copper Grey/Green
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Located in New York, NY
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Located in Greenwich, CT
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"Wide Wheel" Abstract, Industrial Steel Metal Outdoor Sculpture
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Located in New York, NY
"Wide Wheel" by Joel Perlman
Abstract, outdoor sculpture in steel
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"Terracotta" Abstract, Industrial Bronze Metal Sculpture
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Located in New York, NY
"Terracotta" by Joel Perlman
Abstract sculpture in bronze
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"Round East" Abstract, Industrial Steel Metal Outdoor Sculpture
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Located in New York, NY
"Round East" by Joel Perlman
Abstract, outdoor sculpture in steel
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"Sky Ryder" Abstract, Industrial, Steel Metal Outdoor Sculpture
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Located in New York, NY
"Sky Ryder" by Joel Perlman
Abstract, outdoor sculpture in steel
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"Double Top" Abstract, Steel Metal Industrial Outdoor Sculpture
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Located in New York, NY
"Double Top" by Joel Perlman
Abstract, outdoor sculpture in steel
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"Wonder Wheel" Abstract, Steel Metal Industrial Outdoor Sculpture
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Located in New York, NY
"Wonder Wheel" by Joel Perlman
Abstract, outdoor sculpture in white powder-coated steel
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"Broadway" Abstract, Steel Metal Industrial Outdoor Sculpture
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
"Broadway" by Joel Perlman
Abstract, outdoor sculpture in white powder-coated steel
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"Big Tower" Abstract, Steel Metal Industrial Outdoor Sculpture
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
"Big Tower" by Joel Perlman
Abstract, outdoor sculpture in steel
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"Big Round II" Abstract, Steel Metal Industrial Outdoor Sculpture
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Located in New York, NY
"Big Round II" by Joel Perlman
Abstract, outdoor sculpture in steel
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"Heavy Round Table" Abstract, Outdoor Metal Sculpture in welded steel
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
"Heavy Round Table" by Joel Perlman
Welded steel
Joel Perlman has been creating complex sculptures out of steel, bronze, and aluminum since the early 1970's. While minimalism was the predominant style of his genration, Perlman chose to push his forms into ever-more complicated, gravity defying, configurations. Perlman investigates with originality. He expands, rather than appropriates, enriching our experience with industrial materials.
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"Black Tower" Large-Scale, Abstract Metal Sculpture in bronze
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
"Black Tower" by Joel Perlman
Unique cast bronze, marble base
Joel Perlman has been creating complex sculptures out of steel, bronze, and aluminum since the early 1970's. While minimalism was the predominant style of his genration, Perlman chose to push his forms into ever-more complicated, gravity defying, configurations. Perlman investigates with originality. He expands, rather than appropriates, enriching our experience with industrial materials.
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"Tornado" Large-Scale, Abstract Metal Sculpture in steel by Joel Perlman
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
"Tornado" by Joel Perlman
Abstract Metal Sculpture in steel
Joel Perlman has been creating complex sculptures out of steel, bronze, and aluminum since the early 1970's. While minimalism was the predominant style of his genration, Perlman chose to push his forms into ever-more complicated, gravity defying, configurations. Perlman investigates with originality. He expands, rather than appropriates, enriching our experience with industrial materials.
Contemporary, Abstract Outdoor Metal...
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"Red Ryder" Large-Scale, Abstract Metal Sculpture in steel by Joel Perlman
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
"Red Ryder" by Joel Perlman
Large-Scale, Abstract Metal Sculpture in steel
Joel Perlman has been creating complex sculptures out of steel, bronze, and aluminum since the early 1970's. While minimalism was the predominant style of his genration, Perlman chose to push his forms into ever-more complicated, gravity defying, configurations. Perlman investigates with originality. He expands, rather than appropriates, enriching our experience with industrial materials.
Contemporary, Abstract Outdoor Metal...
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Wide Wheel
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
JOEL PERLMAN
Wide Wheel, 2013
Welded Steel
78 x 93 x 38 inches
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Bronze Twister
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
JOEL PERLMAN
Bronze Twister, 2017
Bronze
11 x 5 x 5 inches
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Loretta Howard Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by sculptor Joel Perlman. Well known for monumental sculptures that juxtapose flat geometries of welded steel...
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