The Kennedy Center introduces Joel Shapiro's "Blue".
Joel Shapiro’s sculptures explode with the exuberance of youth. Their simple rectangles are assembled like stick figures that magically come alive.
Blue is poised in mid-kick, turning the surrounding landscape into a giant stage as it prepares to pirouette across the grass.
Shapiro spent two years in India in the Peace Corps, where he was inspired by the integration of art and culture. His sculptures are installed in scores of cities around the world. They achieve the goal set centuries ago by Egyptian and Greek sculptors—to endow base materials with movement and spirit of life.
Blue is located by the Video Wall at the REACH.
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Joel Shapiro’s sculptures explode with the exuberance of youth. Their simple rectangles are assembled like stick figures that magically come alive.
Blue is poised in mid-kick, turning the surrounding landscape into a giant stage as it prepares to pirouette across the grass.
Shapiro spent two years in India in the Peace Corps, where he was inspired by the integration of art and culture. His sculptures are installed in scores of cities around the world. They achieve the goal set centuries ago by Egyptian and Greek sculptors—to endow base materials with movement and spirit of life.
Blue is located by the Video Wall at the REACH.
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