✩Celia Vintage Stars✩: Alyson Shotz

The Shape of Space (2004)

Alyson Shotz est un artiste américaine basée à Brooklyn, New York. Elle a obtenu un baccalauréat de la Rhode Island School of Design en 1987 et une maîtrise de l'Université de Washington en 1991.Alyson Shotz enquête sur les questions de perception et de l'espace avec des sculptures faites à partir d'une gamme de matériaux synthétiques comme le miroir, perles de verre, les verres en plastique, fil et fil d'acier.Dans le New York Times Rosenberg Karen a écrit: "Mme Shotz évoque des phénomènes naturels avec des accumulations de petites perles, épingles et autres matières communes ... Souvent, ils relever le défi de visualiser des concepts de la physique théorique (la théorie des cordes, la matière noire)." [1]Ses œuvres figurent dans les collections du Musée Solomon R. Guggenheim, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden [2], le Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art et du Whitney Museum of American Art.
Ses récentes expositions comprennent:

    * "Observations: Alyson Shotz," Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas [3]
    * "En contemplant le vide: Interventions dans le Musée Guggenheim,« Le Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY [4]
    * "Standing Wave», Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio [5],
    * "5 5: nouvelles perspectives», Centre d'Art Storm King, Mountainville, NY [6]
    * "Material World", Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Massachusetts
    * "De nouveaux travaux: Kempinas Zilvinias, Shotz Alyson, Mary Temple," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA [7]
    * «Courants: Acquisitions récentes», Musée Hirshhorn et Jardin de sculptures, Washington, DC [8]
    * "Les formes de l'espace,« Le Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY. [9]

Alyson Shotz is an American artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated with a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1987 and an MFA from the University of Washington in 1991.Alyson Shotz investigates issues of perception and space with sculptures made from a range of synthetic materials such as mirror, glass beads, plastic lenses, thread and steel wire.

In The New York Times Karen Rosenberg wrote: "Ms. Shotz evokes natural phenomena with accumulations of beads, pins and other common materials...Often they respond to the challenge of visualizing concepts from theoretical physics (string theory, dark matter)."[1]

Her works are in the collections of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden [2], The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Whitney Museum of American Art.

Recent exhibitions include:

    * "Sightings: Alyson Shotz," Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas [3]
    * "Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum," The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY [4]
    * "Standing Wave," Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio [5],
    * "5 5: New Perspectives," Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY [6]
    * "Material World," Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Mass.
    * "New Work: Zilvinias Kempinas, Alyson Shotz, Mary Temple," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA [7]
    * "Currents: Recent Acquisitions," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC [8]
    * "The Shapes of Space," The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY. [9]

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