PRESS RELEASE
Jane Manus: Sculpture
May 16 – Jul 1, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Cristin Longo or Beverly Cuyler
For more information call 561.241.3050 or visit www.spondergallery.com
Jane Manus: Sculpture
Opening Reception: Friday, May 16th at 6pm
Miami, FL (May 7, 2014) – Sponder Gallery announces the upcoming exhibition of sculpture by Jane Manus opening on May 16th at 6pm in Miami. The exhibition will move to Baker Sponder Gallery, Boca Raton in June.
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.
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 Cricket Taplin Collection, Miami, FL; Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL; The Lincoln Center/List Collection, New York; the Georgia Museum of Art, Atlanta; and Syracuse University.