Contemporary Sculpture: Sam Anderson & Michael Dean
On view through October 6, 2019
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Boca Raton, Florida
www.bocamuseum.org
Both American artist Sam Anderson and British artist Michael Dean are emerging as breakthrough artists in the contemporary landscape. Sam Anderson’s figurative works utilize long-standing formal traditions of sculpting the human figure. She works with traditional materials such as clay, wood, and wire and often incorporates other elements such as, light, video, found elements in her work. Michael Dean’s works are abstract and, at times, lyrically representational. Beginning with concrete, he often adds other elements such as cable ties, paper, and books which are critical elements in his practice. Together, Anderson and Dean explore the junction of formalism and abstraction, forming a new poetic language in contemporary sculpture.
Image: Sam Anderson, E number 3, 2017, Clay, wood, wire, copper, acrylic. Courtesy of the artist, Chapter NY, Tanya Leighton, and Mother’s Tankstation.
