Clement Meadmore: A Legacy April 1, 2010

Exhibition Dates: April 1 - June 5. Opening Reception: April 15th, 5:30-7:30pm

Clement Meadmore, who died in April 2005, was best known for the massive public sculptures he created for over three decades which, in spite of their sheer mass, maintain a bold dynamic quality and a human warmth that belie their heft and geometry-based origins. They sometimes appear to soar weightlessly and precariously into space or have the pent-up energy of coiled springs, revealing the artist's extraordinary sense of design and his genuine sense of humor. With their stark power and smooth, black-painted surfaces, Meadmore's sculptures combined Minimalism's devotion to pure geometric form with the evocative powers of Abstract Expressionism. They were also influenced by the rhythms and improvisational quality of jazz, an art form he passionately admired and practiced.

His best pieces are studies in line, form, movement and balance, and although the monumental scale was often the artist's ultimate goal, the maquettes, indoor and garden size works in bronze and painted aluminum are just as cohesive, energy-charged and lyrical. Works representing each size in the Meadmore repertoire will be exhibited. Pieces such as "Wave" and "Riff" show Meadmore's ability to capture the essence of power and balance even in works in the 12" range. In medium sized works such as "Tantamount" and "Frolic", Meadmore transcends the strength inherent in the material. These works rise and turn with effortless grace and delicacy. The garden-size "Upbeat" shows the full intention of this master sculptor as he balances the tension of the two contrasting forces of unbending strength and elegant movement.

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