Manuel Neri & the assertion of modern figurative sculpture / introduction, Alexander Nemerov ; essay, Bruce Nixon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nixon, Bruce, author.

Nemerov, Alexander, author of introduction.

Contributor:

Anderson Collection at Stanford University, issuing body, publisher, host institution, organizer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neri, Manuel, 1930---Exhibitions.

Neri, Manuel.

Neri, Manuel, 1930---Criticism and interpretation.

Neri, Manuel, 1930---Themes, motives.

Neri, Manuel, 1930-.

Relief (Sculpture)--Exhibitions.

Relief (Sculpture).

Human figure in art--Exhibitions.

Human figure in art.

Sculpture, American--California--20th century--Exhibitions.

Sculpture, American.

Sculpture, American--California--21st century--Exhibitions.

Mexican American artists--California--20th century--Exhibitions.

Mexican American artists.

Mexican American artists--California--21st century--Exhibitions.

Themes, motives.

Criticism and interpretation.

Exhibitions.

California.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Illustrated works.

Essays.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 323 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, photographs ; 30 x 30 cm

Other Title:

Manuel Neri and the assertion of modern figurative sculpture

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Anderson Collection / Stanford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

The exploration of the human figure has been the pursuit of artists for millennia. Manuel Neri (b. 1930), a California native and former student of Richard Diebenkorn and Nathan Oliveira, has spent a lifetime accentuating the gesture, surface, and materiality of the figure. He renders his work in several different mediums that include plaster, marble, bronze, and paper. This exhibition, drawn from and celebrating gifts donated to the museum by The Manuel Neri Trust, provides a glimpse into the artist's creative process and his quest to define the figure on his own terms. Manuel Neri is known for his prolonged artistic engagement with the figure in a variety of materials, starting with plaster in the late 1950s and moving into bronze and marble. The seven sculptures in the outdoor installation reference Neri's origins with plaster and his expressionistic manipulation of the medium. By casting plaster in bronze, tactile surfaces are preserved and enhanced. --Publisher's description from exhibition website, accessed 20180226. https://anderson.stanford.edu/programs-exhibitions/manuel-neri-assertion-of-the-figure/

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-289) and index.

Local Notes:

The catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition "Manuel Neri: Assertion of the Figure, Gifts from the Manuel Neri Trust" presented by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, September 14, 2017-February 12, 2018.

Contains:

Neri, Manuel, 1930- Works. Selections.

ISBN:

1503605485

9781503605480

OCLC:

1004824552