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1929 Melbourne, Australia - 2005 New York City. Known for: Monumental geometric sculpture.
A sculptor creating large-scale geometric shapes, Clement Meadmore used "hulking lengths of steel" that deceivingly appear fluid and lightweight. He was a key figure in making massive, dense forms... Read full biography
A sculptor creating large-scale geometric shapes, Clement Meadmore used "hulking lengths of steel" that deceivingly appear fluid and lightweight. He was a key figure in making massive, dense forms the concern of sculpture. Of his work he said that it did not depict any specific thing and was about... Read full biography
A sculptor creating large-scale geometric shapes, Clement Meadmore used "hulking lengths of steel" that deceivingly appear fluid and lightweight. He was a key figure in making massive, dense forms the concern of sculpture. Of his work he said that it did not depict any specific thing and was about "the possibility of form and only that . I have to start with a real object, a thing---and then try to let it transcend it's physicality." Meadmore, working with maquettes at his kitchen table, paid... Read full biography
A sculptor creating large-scale geometric shapes, Clement Meadmore used "hulking lengths of steel" that deceivingly appear fluid and lightweight. He was a key figure in making massive, dense forms the concern of sculpture. Of his work he said that it did not depict any specific thing and was about "the possibility of form and only that . I have to start with a real object, a thing---and then try to let it transcend it's physicality." Meadmore, working with maquettes at his kitchen table, paid close attention to geometry and often would work for a year or so to get a certain overall balance of line and shape. Although he occasionally worked in bronze, Meadmore's reputation is for massive black painted outdoor pieces "of square-sided steel... Read full biography
A sculptor creating large-scale geometric shapes, Clement Meadmore used "hulking lengths of steel" that deceivingly appear fluid and lightweight. He was a key figure in making massive, dense forms the concern of sculpture. Of his work he said that it did not depict any specific thing and was about "the possibility of form and only that . I have to start with a real object, a thing---and then try to let it transcend it's physicality." Meadmore, working with maquettes at his kitchen table, paid close attention to geometry and often would work for a year or so to get a certain overall balance of line and shape. Although he occasionally worked in bronze, Meadmore's reputation is for massive black painted outdoor pieces "of square-sided steel beams bent or coiled into sinuous forms". Installed in many public places, they can be enjoyed by people who walk around them or sit and clim... Read full biography
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Keywords (18)
Art Method
- •Furniture and/or Cabinet Design and Making
- •Industrial Design
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Geometric Abstraction, Linear, Grids, Hard Edge
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Australia and/or New Zealand
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •VOGUE Magazine Illustrator and/or Photographer
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art