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New Work by New York Sculptor Forrest Myers at Friedman BendaFriedman Benda, the new venue designed to showcase innovative established and emerging designers and artists, will feature sculptural works by groundbreaking New York-based artist Forrest Myers.
The exhibition will focus on recent sculptural wire works that merge form and function.
It will be on view from November 8 - December 20, 2007 and will open with a reception on November 7 at Friedman Benda, located at 515 West 26th Street.
Known for his pioneering work with industrial materials such as woven wire and bent pipe, "Myers has been at the forefront of contemporary art practice for over 40 years," says gallery director Marc Benda.
The exhibition will focus on his experimentation with the sculptural possibilities of furniture, a topic that has been the focus of his work for the past two decades.
While some of his art-furniture sculptures are usable, the functionality is abstracted and deconstructed to emphasize the interplay of material, form, and color.
Inspired by the forms created by the wire armatures used to provide internal support for glass or ceramic sculptural works, Myers began to create metal pipe sculptures in the 1970s.
These volumetric "drawings" were initially abstract, however he soon began experiment with the sculptural possibilities of furniture.
Myers' twists stainless steel pipes into halogen lamps, and shapes stools from masses of densely woven aluminum wire, anodized in colors such as fuchsia, gold, and cerulean.
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