Clement Meadmore

In the mid-sixties, Clement Meadmore experimented with bridging Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism. He explained his three goals in creating sculpture were to explore the expressive potential of geometry, to make the whole piece comprehensible from any viewpoint, and to avoid the appearance of a front and a back in the sculpture. His works typically involve a rectangular form that dynamically twists and moves through space, seemingly creating itself in the process.  In the monograph The Sculpture of Clement Meadmore, 1994, the art historian Eric Gibson writes, “Meadmore’s sculptures express ideas and feelings beyond their factual presence. Unlike Minimalists, Meadmore never begins with an idea developed in advance. His compositions are arrived at intuitively.”

Solo exhibitions of his work have been presented at institutions such as The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Columbus Museum of Art, and Jacksonville Art Museum. His work has been included in group exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, Guggenheim Museum in New York, Indianapolis Museum of Art, and The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, among others.

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