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JOEL PERLMAN(New York 1943 - lives and works in New
York)
Whisper. 1976.
Polished steel.
Monogrammed and dated on the plinth
lower right: JP76.
95 x 38 x 17 cm.
Provenance:
- Acquired fromGalerie André Emmerich,
Zurich/New York, by the present owner
in 1977.
- Since then privately owned Switzerland.
Exhibitions:
- Zurich 1976, Small Scale Sculpture.
Galerie André Emmerich, 12 June -
28 August 1976.
- Zurich 1977, Joel Perlman. Galerie André
Emmerich, 3 September - 15 October
1977.
The sculptor Joel Perlman was born in
New York in 1943. Having obtained his
B.F.A. at the Cornell University in 1965, he
completed his studies two years later with
an M.A. from the University of California,
Berkeley. Joel Perlman has been teaching
at the University of Visual Arts, New York,
since 1973.
His sculptures, which are mostly larger-
than-life, are always the reflexion of his
creative process and of a great tension
between weight, monumentality, space,
gravity and danger. And yet he never
makes any preparatory drawings, but
only lets the sculpture develop during the
creative process. A considerable part of
his work is devoted to welding, which once
again renders visible to the spectator the
significance of his creative work.
„While minimalismwas the predominant
style of his generation, Perlman chose
to push his forms into ever-more com-
plicated, gravity defying, configurations.
Though he shares certain qualities with
his peers - the thrill of danger in a Richard
Serra, the blue-collar heroism of Mark
diSuervo - Perlman always investigates
with originality. He expands, rather than
appropriates, enriching our experience
with industrial materials.“ (zit. www.sculp-
ture.org).
CHF 2 000 / 3 000
(€ 1 850 / 2 780)