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American Sculpture in the Tropics October 17, 2012 – May 20, 2013 The Frost Art Museum and FIU's Sculpture Park have welcomed the addition of 10 monumental sculptures in an outdoor exhibition: American Sculpture in the Tropics. Made of a variety of materials including steel, aluminum, cast fiberglass, copper, concrete, wood, and rubber tires, each work represents the best of contemporary sculpture through its most recognized artists and the diversity of styles, themes and technical approaches that characterize our times. Artists include Verina Baxter, Chakaia Booker, John Clement, Isaac Duncan III, John Henry, Terrence Karpowicz, Peter Lundberg, Albert Paley, Bret Price and F. Douglass Schatz.

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Verina BaxterBig Red Tumkin, 2007Painted aluminum & stainless steel158 x 74 x 120 inchesCourtesy of the Artist

Chakaia BookerRenegade, 2007Rubber tire96 x 60 x 60 inchesCourtesy of the Artist

John ClementSquirt, 2007-2008Painted steel90 x 77 x 92 inchesCourtesy of the Artist

Bret PriceOh’d, 2005Galvanized steel84 x 40 x 55 inchesCourtesy of the Artist

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Peter LundbergMercury, 2007 Copper and colored concrete 56 x 27 x 12 inchesCourtesy of the Artist

Venus, 2007Copper and colored concrete 104 x 24 x 18 inches Courtesy of the Artist

Mars, 2007Copper and colored concrete 91 x 32 x 16 inchesCourtesy of the Artist

Frost Art Museum

Albert PaleyPortal, 2005Corten steel140 x 39 x 52 inchesPaley Studios Archive

F. Douglass SchatzCrown, 2003Painted steel156 x 108 x 108 inchesCourtesy of the Artist

Isaac Duncan IIITux, 2006Stainless steel192 x 64 x 60 inchesCourtesy of the Artist

John HenryI Lean, 2012Steel painted red312 x 204 x 120 inchesCourtesy of the Artist

Terrence KarpowiczUntitled, n.d.Granite, steel, wood117 x 21 x 22 inchesCourtesy of the Artist

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU and The Sculpture Park at Modesto A.

Maidique Campus are proud to welcome 10 monumental sculptures for an unprecedented

outdoor exhibition for the fall-winter season: American Sculpture in the Tropics. Made from a

variety of materials including steel, aluminum, cast fiberglass, copper, concrete, wood, and

rubber tires, each work represents the best of contemporary sculpture through some of its most

recognized artists and the diversity of styles, themes and technical approaches that

characterize our times. We are honored to have the opportunity to exhibit such a collection of

great sculptures from such a renowned group of artists. Our particular thanks to one of the

artists, and longtime friend of the Frost Art Museum and FIU, John Henry. John brought this

exhibition to my attention two years ago and was an invaluable help in securing and installing it

here for all of us to enjoy. Speacial thanks also to another longtime friend, R. Kirk Landon, for

his generous support that made this exhibition possible.

Carol Damian

Director

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum

Verina Baxter: Her Tumkin series is a group of sculptures…always on wheels…with one or several cut-out plates either suspended or hanging inside the structure. After working exclusively in stone for several years, Verina began incorporating painted aluminum and, more recently, stainless steel, into her artworks. Her artworks are exhibited internationally and included in numerous private and corporate collections.

Chakaia Booker: Began working with rubber tires in the early 1990s and presently continues to work in this medium. The various tread patterns, colors, and widths which the tires possess create a palette for Booker similar to the palette of a painter. The rubber and tires are transformed into fluid materials, giving them a new life and energy. The tires represent metaphors which satisfy aesthetic, political, and economic concerns.

John Clement: In the early stages of his career, he mentored under two of America’s most important sculptors, Mark di Suvero and John Henry. The sculptures he creates are large-scale, painted steel forms with open and inviting negative spaces. The sculptures’ open, curvilinear forms and movement of the line create varying perspectives of space. They serve as locations for quiet reflection, landmarks and social meeting places, and opportunities for spatial investigation.

Isaac Duncan III: Employed by John Henry Sculptor, Inc. for three years, where he was the crew supervisor, heavy equipment operator and assistant to internation-ally renowned sculptor John Henry. As of mid-2008, Duncan has opened his own studio, where he creates his large-scale sculptures and fabrication projects. “I like to work with the illusion of movement. By placing certain forms at different angles, I challenge weight and gravity.”

John Henry: Known worldwide for his large-scale public works of art, which grace numerous museum, corporate, public and private collections. His works are prominently exhibited in many American cities and states, as well as throughout Europe and Asia. He has shown his work extensively since the early 1960s, and exhibits a definitive trademark style that is recognized internationally. His works range in scale from small tabletop pieces to some of the largest contemporary metal sculptures in the world.

Terrence Karpowicz: While an art student in the 1970s, he was influenced by the theories and practices of Minimalism and Conceptualism, which dominated the art world at that moment. “My aesthetic is rooted in craftsmanship, while being informed by the sublime nature of minimal forms and the layering of history and ideas. My work is defined by the tension at the point of contact, or joint, and the act of creating this tension.”

Peter Lundberg: “I think of my sculptures as a view into my unconscious mind, a landscape of very primi-tive things, rudimentary elements of life, nature, science, spirituality and passion. The labor, pain and love of my efforts not only give me meaning, but also make me feel alive. Art brings this journey into focus; the sculpture marks its destination.”

Albert Paley: An active artist for over 40 years, he is the first metal sculptor to receive the coveted Institute Honors awarded by the American Institute of Architects, the AIA’s highest award to a non-architect. Paley has completed more than 50 site-specific works. Pieces can be found in the permanent collections of many major museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Paley will be the featured sculptor at this year’s Breakfast in the Park, at the Frost Art Museum, on Sunday, December 9, 2012.

Bret Price: Since 1979, Price has been building heating chambers around large pieces of steel, applying concentrated, intense heat, then manipulating the material to create a sense of softness. “This method of making art offers a number of creative options for me as a sculptor. The variables of heat intensity, size and shape of the raw material produce a wide range of results, from the quiet simplicity of a single pipe bend to the rhythmic complexity that emerges from folding a section of structural steel.”

F. Douglass Schatz: Known for his fabricated steel forms, cast bronze figures, and pyrotechnical sculpture performances. He has exhibited his sculptures in numerous shows both nationally and internationally, and is active in the arts community as an organizer of numerous arts festivals, in addition to his position on the Board of Trustees of the International Sculpture Center.

About the Sculptors….

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American Sculpture in the Tropics is presented with the generous support of R. Kirk Landon.