Joel Perlman
New York-born sculptor Joel Perlman has been creating abstract metal works throughout his 30-year career. Recognized for his immense steel structures that interweave flat geometric planes of form, Perlman has maintained an active studio and commission practice that has evolved over time. Working with the material process of steel, Perlman cuts and arranges shapes, manipulating the metal and joining lines without pre-design. Deeply influenced by Russian Constructivism, Perlman’s works are known for their relation to space, whether fifteen feet or fifteen inches. His more recent works are dynamic explorations of circular form, reminiscent of the sculptures of Alexander Rodchenko.
Perlman has shown his sculptures in solo and group exhibitions since the late 1960s, including the seminal Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell, and the 1973 Whitney Museum of American Art Biennale. Perlman is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award. His work is included in important public and private collections. He has also been commissioned for many site-specific works including Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, the Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, The 1980 Winter …
New York-born sculptor Joel Perlman has been creating abstract metal works throughout his 30-year career. Recognized for his immense steel structures that interweave flat geometric planes of form, Perlman has maintained an active studio and commission practice that has evolved over time. Working with the material process of steel, Perlman cuts and arranges shapes, manipulating the metal and joining lines without pre-design. Deeply influenced by Russian Constructivism, Perlman’s works are known for their relation to space, whether fifteen feet or fifteen inches. His more recent works are dynamic explorations of circular form, reminiscent of the sculptures of Alexander Rodchenko.
Perlman has shown his sculptures in solo and group exhibitions since the late 1960s, including the seminal Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell, and the 1973 Whitney Museum of American Art Biennale. Perlman is the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award. His work is included in important public and private collections. He has also been commissioned for many site-specific works including Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, the Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, The 1980 Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, and the Ursukushi-Ga-Hara Open Air Museum, Japan.
Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Los Angeles County Museum, California
Martin Z. Margulies Sculpture Garden, Miami, Florida
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York
Ursukushi-Ga-Hara Open-Air Museum, Japan
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
