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's early 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 L vy's exhibition of the artist's work, Joel Shapiro features the first full catalog of the wood reliefs, as well as new texts by Phyllida Barlow, David Raskin, and Olivier Renaud-Cl ment, poems by Peter Cole and Ange Mlinko, and a comprehensive chronology written in collaboration with the artist's studio.