Bella Feldman
House of the Poet, one-of-a-kind steel sculpture
1988

Name: House of the Poet, one-of-a-kind steel sculpture
Brand: Bella Feldman
Price: 10000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Sculpture is a beautiful gray, with delicate texturing and the opening at the top of the stairs casts a striking reverse shadow. This plated steel pedestal sculpture is from Bella Feldman's 1984-1994 "Architectonic" series, inspired by a trip to Mexico. After she visited the pyramids in the Yucatan, Feldman wrote in her journal, "Climbing the steeply rising stairs, I feel a sense of dislocation and vertigo. On either side of the reconstructed section, the building falls away, returning to crumbling rock and earth and vines. Solidity is always undermined." The resulting sculptures demonstrated visually this dialogue between construction and destruction, as well as the balance and lack of balance that she feels have always been present in her work. This sculpture was awarded 1st prize during the group exhibition "Passages" by guest curator Steve Oliver, who founded the world famous Oliver Ranch in Sonoma County, California, with his wife Nancy. The sculpture is one-of-a-kind and is signed on the front edge of the horizontal surface to the left of the stairs. Bella Feldman has participated in over fifty solo exhibitions in all parts of the United States and in Switzerland. Her work has been published in numerous catalogs, and articles and reviews have appeared throughout the art press. She taught sculpture at a major California art school for several decades, chaired the sculpture department there for two years, and has been invited to lecture at universities across the country and in Uganda. Her sculpture is in museum, corporate, and private collections worldwide.

Creator:

Bella Feldman (1930, American)

Creation Year:

1988

Dimensions:

Height: 13.5 in (34.29 cm)Width: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)Depth: 20 in (50.8 cm)

Medium:

Steel

Movement & Style:

Contemporary

Period:

1980-1989