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De Buck Gallery is pleased to
announce an upcoming solo exhibition by
American sculptor Jane Manus. Evolution
features a variety of new works by the artist,
reflecting the progress of her decades-long
career.
Jane Manus has been continuously developing
her oeuvre of forceful geometric sculptures since
the 1970s, when as a young, female artist at the
Art Institute of Boston she learned to weld metal
into sculpture, an experience Manus describes
as a breakthrough in her artistic career. Manus’
work has indeed evolved, and today she works
exclusively in aluminum. Her vibrant sculptures
seamlessly integrate disparate elements of
geometry, thereby truly transforming the spaces
that they inhabit. Dynamic shapes and massive
forms penetrate the viewer’s space, and seem to
move and change in appearance due to their
extreme three- dimensionality. Abstract though
they are, Manus’ sculptures also retain an
unyielding expressive character that gives each
work a life and spirit of its own.
Architecture, bridges, and artists such as Kazimir Malevich are Manus’ primary sources
of inspiration, and each is certainly discernable in her work. Aside from incorporating
these diverse influences, Manus does something more; she creates large-scale
geometric sculptures that not only fill space, but also create environments all while
retaining a graceful aesthetic appeal that is unique to each piece. Evolution further
draws attention to Manus’ oeuvre as a whole, as the juxtaposition of her large scale
work with her smaller pieces and maquettes outlines the clearly compelling relationship
between these two sides of Manus’ work.
Jane Manus was born in New York in 1951, and is now based in West Palm Beach,
Florida. Her work has been exhibited worldwide, and is included in many prestigious
collections, including those of the Sagamore Hotel, Miami, FL; Harn Museum of Art,
Gainesville, FL; The Lincoln Center/List Collection, New York; the Georgia Museum of
Art, Atlanta; and Syracuse University.
For more information, please contact:
Kathryn Mc Sweeney
Kathryn@debuckgallery.com
1 212 255 5735
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