Carole's Picks: Janet Echelman
by Kelsey Zalimeni
This post marks the first edition of the 'Carole's Picks' series, a feature which showcases Carole Feuerman's favorite fellow artists and their work. A new artist will be added to the list each month; the growing roster grants a peek into Carole's personal artistic taste, while introducing readers to great artists from all over the world.
Carole's Pick for this month is Janet Echelman, an American sculptor who creates suspended pieces which reshape urban environments and react to water, sunlight, and wind. Echelman's works are typically exhibited in public metropolitan locations. Her works have been shown in big cities such as Phoenix, Vancouver, NYC, San Francisco, and Porto, Portugal.
No matter where an Echelman piece is installed, it seems to have the same effect on its surrounding area- a mysteriously potent and joyful energy pours out from every edge of the work. Passersby stop to marvel at the ethereal wonder before them, taking pictures to capture those radiant colors floating up above. However beautiful they might be, the purpose of these sculptures is not merely to decorate a public area; Echelman seeks to emphasize the wonders of nature by constructing her pieces to react to the elements.
You can learn more about Janet Echelman's work by visiting her website.
Carole A. Feuerman
Carole A. Feuerman is an American sculptor and author working in Superrealism. She is credited with starting the movement in the late 1970s. She is known for her figurative works of swimmers and dancers. Her work is in the selected collections of thirty-five museums, owned by the City of Peekskill, New York, and the City of Sunnyvale California, Former President Clinton, the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Mr. Steven Cohen, Maluma, Andrea Bocelli, Alexandre Bartelle, and the Forbes Magazine Collection. In 2011, she founded the Carole A. Feuerman Sculpture Foundation. She lives and works in New York.