Joel Shapiro

New York–based artist Joel Shapiro (born 1941) has explored the possibilities of sculptural form, as well as the interplay of color and mass, throughout his 45-year career. This catalog brings together Shapiro’searly wood reliefs, created between 1978 and 1980, with his recent site-specific installation practice, exploring the ways in which both bodies of work create expansive, joyful moments of discovery and play.
Published in conjunction with Dominique Lévy’s exhibition of the artist’s work,Joel Shapirofeatures the first full catalog of the wood reliefs, as well asnewtexts byPhyllida Barlow,David Raskin, andOlivier Renaud-Clément,poems by Peter Cole and Ange Mlinko, and a comprehensive chronology written in collaboration with the artist’s studio.