Texas Contemporary Opens Next Week
by Kelsey Zalimeni
Carole Feuerman is launching into yet another busy fall season. Her sensationally popular sculpture 'Kendall Island' is to be showcased by the Timothy Yarger Fine Art booth at Texas Contemporary next week. This Houston event is a Mecca for Texas art activity and promises great exposure for Carole and her Los Angeles-based representative gallery.
'Kendall Island' 2014- Oil on Resin
Texas Contemporary opens in the George R. Brown Convention Center this coming Thursday, September 4 and runs through Tuesday the 9th. If in town for the fair, be sure to visit Carole's piece in Booth 109.
For more information on TX Contemporary, CLICK HERE.
Feuerman Donates Newest, Most Interesting and Innovative Sculpture to HVCCA
by Kelsey Zalimeni
Carole A. Feuerman has donated her newest, most interesting and innovative sculpture to HVCCA to raise money for the museum. Mona Lisa, a life-size resin sculpture, is a highlight in the HVCCA Art Auction up now on PHILLIPS, alongside works by other important artists.
'Mona Lisa' 2014 - Oil on Resin 37 x 42 x 66 in
The benefit will be held at PHILLIPS NYC on September 16, in conjunction with the 11am Contemporary Art Day Sale. The chief goal is to raise funds in support of the HVCCA Peekskill Project, a biennial arts festival committed to the enrichment of the city and its burgeoning arts culture, as well as its museum.
Monumental Shower
by Kelsey Zalimeni
Carole Feuerman's 'Monumental Shower' pulls the private and public into tension. An intimate moment such as this is captured in hyperrealistic fashion, blown up in scale and displayed for all to see. Is the bather proud in her exposure? Unaware of her voyeurs? In either case, 'Monumental Shower' succeeds to intrigue and entice.
'Monumental Shower', 2010
Oil on Resin, 53x23x21 inches, Mana Contemporary Art Center
The figure's natural, luxurious pose is saturated with enjoyment. Warm drops of shower water cascade down the body. Her confidence and graceful posture exude two pillars of Feuerman's work, making the piece another great gesture toward the artist's ideals.
Looking Back
by Kelsey Zalimeni
Carole Feuerman's 1997 sculpture 'Paradise' shows the artist breaking into stylistic stride. The piece contains all classic Feuerman characteristics, including lifelike water droplets, flotation device, and hyperreal swimmer. This particular sculpture bears a couple unique traits that more current Feuermans don't, such as a full head of hair sans swimcap and an open, expressive mouth.
'Paradise', 1997 -Oil on Resin, 26 x 16 x 9 inches, Private collection
When considering this piece, one is offered a glimpse of an earlier period within Carole's illustrious career. Drawing comparisons between 'Paradise' and 'Serena' for example, yields parallels in pose and theme but also contrast in execution.
'Survival of Serena', miniature, 2010- Oil on Resin
Advances in both technology and Carole's own artistic process have streamlined her works over the years, as the artist seemingly never stops improving in technique and ambition. With such an exponential rate of growth, the future possiblities for new works are limitless- and she isn't slowing down anytime soon.
Pretty/Complex
by Kelsey Zalimeni
Carole Feuerman's latest prints are an extension of her fascination with swimming and water. These pieces feature clusters of swim caps and swimsuits, free of their practical use and presented as objects themselves. A combination of playful arrangement and bright color make for a cheerful mood. The titles- St. Barts and St. Lucia- further enforce the joyful radiation.
'St Barts', 2014, Giclée with Silkscreen, 72 x 30.75 inches
'St Lucia', 2014, Giclée with Silkscreen, 72 x 30.75 inches
Although they're aesthetically pleasing, these prints aren't just pretty pictures. They contain complexities which spur thought and conversation. St Barts and St Lucia both bear the movement and composition of an abstract-expressionist painting. The vast array of texture and pattern provide depth and dimension that challenge the eye. Lastly, the anthropomorphic nature of this garment gathering yields a most entertaining narrative; one could get lost within the play of either piece for quite some time.
The caps and swimsuits assembled in St Barts and St Lucia are the same ones she has used in her sculptures over the last 40 years. Can you match a cap or suit to a Feuerman sculpture? Submit your findings to info@carolefeuerman.com or post in the comment bar below.
Creating 'Kendall Island'
by Kelsey Zalimeni
Mana Contemporary has recently released a featurette on Carole Feuerman and her work. The video follows Carole throughout the process of making 'Kendall Island,' a portrait sculpture of Mana's own Kendall Tichner. This exclusive footage pulls back the veil to reveal the master artist at work.
Carole prepping Kendall Tichner for casting
Viewers are granted a peek into the meticulous and exhausting world of Carole's studio. Enjoy the video and send comments and questions to info@carolefeuerman.com, or enter them through the comment option below.
Carole's Picks: Linda Cole
by Kelsey Zalimeni
It is time yet again for a new edition in the Carole's Picks series. This month features established artist and Michigan native Linda Cole. Cole has spent time in Ann Arbor, New York, and London experimenting with textiles and design. Over the years she developed a distinctive style which brought material and space into play with one another. Her works are ethereal and imaginative, with a sound balance struck through structure and order.
'Rain' (2011)
Cole works in large scale multimedia, often displayed as public installations. Audiences are asked to engage with the pieces spatially, as they occupy a large portion of the display location. One also considers the relation of parts to a whole in this encounter, admiring the small components of a work like 'Rain' and their role in the overall composition.
'Elevated Air' (2008)
Cole continues to create these marvelous installations, exhibiting in cities all over the country and abroad. For more information on this artist, visit her website HERE.
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Breakthrough
by Kelsey Zalimeni
In today's manic, rushing society, humans have grown desensitized to stimuli, caring only to speed through their busy day and make it home at the end. Carole Feuerman's 'Nude Coming Through 14th Street' asks how long it will take for New Yorkers to notice a nude woman coming through the wall of 14th Street's subway station at rush hour. This piece is an attempt to slow people down- to not only see, but to really look.
Nude Coming Through 14th Street, 2010
Oil on Resin, Photograph on Vinyl, 84 x 96 x 6 inches, Collection of the artist
Defying the laws of physics and social convention, this figure makes new the concept of individuality in total. The woman is neither concerned with her nudity nor the gawking of passersby, literally planting herself in a private space as her front leads into the public. An allusion to the fabled 'glass ceiling' can also be interpreted, as Carole uses the piece to illustrate her progressive mentality as a contemporary female artist.
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