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Of Flesh, Form and Matter:
Aristide Maillol,
Monument á Debussy, 1930 [in foreground]
Preview the
Of Flesh, Form and Matter exhibition
See the UA News video Of Flesh Form and
Matter at the
UAMA
This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to present selections from the
Museum's diverse and far-ranging sculpture holdings. Rarely on view as a
grouping, these works examine the myriad ways that artists from the 19th
century to the present have approached the notion of "sculpture."
By simple virtue of dimensionality, it may be said that sculpture has
always referenced the human body. Furthermore, whether to sacred or
secular ends, it has been engaged with persistent concerns -- volume,
modeling, material, surface texture, size and scale -- from the
earliest, most ancient examples of sculptural representation to the
present.
Through a selection of artists from the UAMA permanent collections,
this exhibition explores longstanding sculptural traditions and
contemporary departures. As a survey, it suggests the vitality of
ongoing artistic interests in flesh (corporeality and decay), form
(structure and substance), and matter (materiality and meaning), from
the mimetic effects of realist traditions, through the organic and
geometric abstraction of Modernism, to the minimalist and conceptual
endeavors of recent decades.
Curated by Dr. Lisa Fischman, Chief Curator, and Susannah Maurer,
Assistant Curator
Visit our Exhibition History page for information
on past exhibitions at UAMA.
UAMA: (520) 621-7567
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