John Duff’s biomorphic fiberglass sculptures are not the final product of a mental goal but rather, like biology, the finished accumulation of an artistic evolution. An avid surfer as a southern... Read full biography
John Duff’s biomorphic fiberglass sculptures are not the final product of a mental goal but rather, like biology, the finished accumulation of an artistic evolution. An avid surfer as a southern Californian teenager, Duff was first introduced to fiberglass with the maintenance and repair of... Read full biography
John Duff’s biomorphic fiberglass sculptures are not the final product of a mental goal but rather, like biology, the finished accumulation of an artistic evolution. An avid surfer as a southern Californian teenager, Duff was first introduced to fiberglass with the maintenance and repair of surfboards. After moving to New York in 1967, he began sculpting with fiberglass, creating large sculptures that bend and twist in space, at times seemingly defying gravity. The fiberglass, a translucent... Read full biography
John Duff’s biomorphic fiberglass sculptures are not the final product of a mental goal but rather, like biology, the finished accumulation of an artistic evolution. An avid surfer as a southern Californian teenager, Duff was first introduced to fiberglass with the maintenance and repair of surfboards. After moving to New York in 1967, he began sculpting with fiberglass, creating large sculptures that bend and twist in space, at times seemingly defying gravity. The fiberglass, a translucent material, is painted on the inside, lending a subtle, luminescent presence to the forms. With these organic, yet geometric pieces, Duff retains tangible traces of the sculpture’s evolution, leaving rough edges and imperfect surface which illustrate the... Read full biography
John Duff’s biomorphic fiberglass sculptures are not the final product of a mental goal but rather, like biology, the finished accumulation of an artistic evolution. An avid surfer as a southern Californian teenager, Duff was first introduced to fiberglass with the maintenance and repair of surfboards. After moving to New York in 1967, he began sculpting with fiberglass, creating large sculptures that bend and twist in space, at times seemingly defying gravity. The fiberglass, a translucent material, is painted on the inside, lending a subtle, luminescent presence to the forms. With these organic, yet geometric pieces, Duff retains tangible traces of the sculpture’s evolution, leaving rough edges and imperfect surface which illustrate the journey that the artist must devise for the finished piece. Duff’s process carries the fiberglass from the initial geometric shape of a p... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (18)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Contemporary Art 1965-1990
1992
Kurtz, Bruce D
256 pages (color)
John Duff (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Albee, Edward
44 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
John Duff Recent Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Blum Helman
33 pages (color)
An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Hunter, Sam
269 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History
1985
Albright, Thomas
349 pages (color)
New Art
1984
Freeman, Phyllis
207 pages (color)
American Art Since 1970, Painting, Sculpture and Drawing Whitney Museum of American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marshall, Richard
124 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present