Peter Shelton (sculptor)
This article is about the American sculptor Peter Shelton. For the New-York-based architect and interior designer, see Peter L. Shelton.
| Peter Shelton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Peter Shelton January 18, 1951 Troy, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Pomona College, Pomona, CA, Hobart School of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, and the University of California, Los Angeles |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Movement | Postminimalism |
Peter Shelton is an American sculptor born in 1951 in Troy, Ohio.
Shelton has exhibited extensively, including solo shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1987; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1994; University of California, Berkeley 1998; the Irish Museum of Modern Art 1998-1999; and Portland Art Museum, 2011. He has participated in group exhibitions at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, 2009; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL; the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 2004; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, 2004; Tate Gallery Liverpool, England, 1998; and Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 2006.[1][2]
Awards include Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, 1987; John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship; Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, 1989; Flintridge Foundation Visual Artists Award, 1999/2000; and the St. Gaudens Memorial Fellowship, 2000. Shelton is part of collections such as Museum of Modern Art, New York; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Panza Foundation, Milan, Italy; and Museum of Modern Art, Lodz, Poland. Public commissions include ‘’sixbeastsandtwomonkeys’’ for the Police Administration Building in downtown Los Angeles, 2008-2009, ‘’thinmanlittlebird’’ for the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, 2008-2009, and ‘’cloudsandclunkers’’ at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Concours A), Seattle, WA, 2003.[1][2]
Shelton has maintained his studio in Los Angeles since 1975. He lives in Venice, California.[3]
Early life and education
Peter Shelton was born in Troy, Ohio, on January 18, 1951.
Shelton spent his early school years in Tempe, Arizona. He was a pre-medical student at Pomona College, Pomona, CA studying sociology, anthropology and theatre, before he received his B.A. in Fine Art in 1973. Shelton went on to earn a trade certificate in welding from the Hobart School of Welding Technology in Troy, Ohio, in 1974, and his M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1979.[2]
Work
I like to think of my work as a threshold between in and out, object and space, heavy and light.[2]
How far away from a corner in a room is it no longer a corner? If you are in a pocket, at what point do you pass when you are no longer in the pocket? Language tries to cope with these questions, and often, poorly. ... When I was a young boy, I would ask friends one of my favorite riddles, "What is the difference of an orange?" When my question was met only with puzzled, distorted faces, even irritated silence, I would happily answer "the peel!" What interests me most in my work is the "peelness" of it...[3]
Awards and grants
- Saint-Gaudens Memorial Fellowship, 2000
- Flintridge Foundation Visual Artists Award, 1999-2000
- Individual Artist Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, 1994, 1984, 1982, 1980
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1989
- Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, 1987
- Young Talent Award, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985[3]
Solo exhibitions and major projects
Peter Shelton has exhibited internationally in museums and galleries in over fifty-five solo exhibitions and over one hundred and twenty group shows,[3] including:
- powerhousefrenchtablenecklaces, 2012. Sperone Westwater, New York, NY.
- eyehand: Selected Sculpture from 1975–2011, 2011. L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.
- -Between 1984 and 2011, Shelton was presented in twenty-four solo and over forty-five total exhibitions at L.A. Louver, Venice, California, and Louver Gallery New York, NY.
- redpocket, blackslot, uheader, and drawings, 2011. Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
- blackelephanthouse, 1998. Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Halifax, England (1998-99).
- "sixtyslippers, 1997. L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (1997). University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (1998). Madison Arts Center, Madison, WI (1999). Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (1999).
- godspipes, 1989-98. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (1998). L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (2006). Herron Galleries, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN (2008).
- bottlesbonesandthingsgetwet, 1994. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
- Peter Shelton: Drawings and Sculptures, 1990-92. L.A. Louver, Venice, CA (1990). Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (1992).
- thingsgetwet, 1989-2012. Louver Gallery New York, NY (1993). Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (1994). Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA (1997). Sperone Westwater, New York, NY (2012).
- waxworks, 1989-99. Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA (1988). Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA (1989). San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (1989).
- BLACKVAULTfalloffstone, 1988, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.
- STRETCHspread, 1987. Lannan Museum, Lake Worth, FL (1988). Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2001).
- TUBtubesandpipes, 1987. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (1987). Irvine Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA (1989).
- HARDSTRETCHdroop, 1987. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
- floatinghouseDEADMAN, 1985-86. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (1986). Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (1987). Herron Galleries, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN (1989). Louver Gallery New York, NY (1990).
- pipegutwaterseatandSTANDSTILL, 1983-84. Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR (1984).
- MAJORJOINTShangersandsquat, 1983. Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (1983). L.A. Louver and Malinda Wyatt Galleries, Los Angeles, CA (1984).
- whiteroundHEAD, 1982. Artists Space, New York, NY.
- trunknutsWHITEHEADfloater, 1981-82. Open Space Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (1982).
- NECKWALLfootscreensleeper, 1981. Malinda Wyatt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
- BROWNROOMS, 1977-78. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA (1980).
- BIRDHOUSEholecan, 1980. Chapman College, Orange, CA, in conjunction with the L.A. Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA.
- HEADROOMfootspace, 1980. Artpark, Lewiston, NY.
- SWEATHOUSEandlittleprincipals, 1977-81. Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA (1979). Contemporary Arts Forum in Santa Barbara, CA (1982).[3]
Selected group exhibitions
- American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
- American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
- Castillo de Santa Barbara, Alicante, Spain
- Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Edifice de La Lonja, Majorca, Spain
- Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
- Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Henry Moore Sculpture Institute, Leeds, England
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
- Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
- Museo Cantonale D’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
- Museo di Arte Moderna E Contemporanea di Trento E Rovereto, Trento, Italy
- Musee D’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Museum of Modern Art, Bologna, Italy
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- Panza Foundation, Varese, Italy
- Sezon Art Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
- Tate Gallery Liverpool, Liverpool, England
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
- UBS Galleries, New York, NY
- Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy[3]
Major permanent commissions
- sixbeastsandtwomonkeys, City of Los Angeles, CA (2008–09)
- thinmanlittlebird, Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, IN (2008–09)
- cloudsandclunkers, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, WA (2003–06)
- ROCKshadow, City of Seattle, WA (2002)[3]
Collections
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
- City of Chicago, IL.
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Los Angeles, CA
- Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Henry Art Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
- Museo Cantonale D’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
- Museo di Arte Moderna E Contemporanea di Trento E Rovereto, Trento, Italy
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
- Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
- Museum of Modern Art, Lodz, Poland
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- New York Public Library, New York, NY
- Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
- Panza Foundation, Varese, Italy
- Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
- United States Federal Art Collection
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN[3]
Selected bibliography
- Ollman, Leah. "Peter Shelton." Art in America. Mar. 2012: 173, illus.
- Melrod, George. “Interview: Peter Shelton.” art ltd. May/June 2012: 50-54, illus.
- Doktorczyk-Donohue, Marlena. “Simple Simply Isn’t, a Conversation with Peter Shelton.” Sculpture. April 2012 Vol. 31: 38-45, illus.
- McGrew, Rebecca, and Glen Phillips. It happened at Pomona, Art at the Edge of Los Angeles 1969-1973. Claremont: Pomona College Museum of Art, 2011. 292-97, illus.
- Burlingham, Cynthia. Outside the Box, Edition Jacob Samuel, 1988-2010. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum and Los Angeles Museum of Art, 2010. illus.
- Firmin, Sandra Q. Artpark 1974-1984. Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press and State University of New York, University at Buffalo Art Galleries, 2010. 134, illus.
- Betinski, Elizabeta, Lyn Kienholz, and Corinne Nelson. L.A. Rising Art and Artists Before 1980. Los Angeles: California International Art Foundation, 2010. 415, illus.
- Franciolli, Marco, and Manuela Kahn-Rossi. Donate Panza di Biumo. Lugano: Museo Cantonale d’Arte, 2010. 61-62, illus.
- Westwater, Angela. HUNTERS & GATHERERS. Sent: Gian Enzo Sperone Gallery, 2010. 8, illus.
- Thomas, Elizabeth. Matrix/Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2009. 372-73, illus.
- Zelevansky, Lynn. The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (BCAM/LACMA/2008) Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008. 181-82, illus.
- Momin, Shamim M., and Adam D. Weinberg. Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria 25 Years. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2008. 25, illus.
- Bostrom, Antonia, ed. The Fran and Ray Stark Collection of 20th Century Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008. xi, 1, 11, 151-153, illus.
- Hoppe, David. “Public Icons, Peter Shelton’s library sculptures cast Indy in a new light.” NUVO [Indianapolis, IN] 29 Apr. 2009: cover, 10-12, 17, illus.
- Collins, Judith. Sculpture Today. London: Phaidon Press, 2007. 373-74, illus.
- Fox, Howard N, and Catherine Grenier. Los Angeles 1955-1985: Birth of an Art Capital. Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2006. 46, 302, 317, 328, 354, illus.
- Rochette, Anne, and Wade Saunders. “Place Matters: Los Angeles Sculpture Today.” Art in America. Nov. 2006: 180-81, illus.
- Rose, Barbara. Monocromos de malevich al presente, Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Madrid, 2004. 19, 94, 95, illus.
- Belli, Gabriella. Le Stanze dell’Arte, Figure e Immagini del XX Secolo. Trento: Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Roverto, 2002. 7, illus.
- Panza di Biumo, Giuseppe. The Panza Collection. Varese: Villa Menafoglio Litta Panza, 2002. 222, illus.
- Minola, Anna, Maria Cristina Mundici, Francesco Poli, and Maria Teresa Roberto. Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino Roma New York. Torino: hopefulmonster editore, 2000. 421, illus.
- Baker, Kenneth. “End of the Century Art: Production in Los Angeles.” Panza: The Legacy of a Collector. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999. 130-139, illus.
- Brooks, Rosetta. “Peter Shelton.” Artforum. Mar 1998: 105-106, illus.
- Neuman, David. Spatiotemporal Mars 10. Stockholm: Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, 1998.
- Baas, Jacquelynn. sixtyslippers. Berkeley: Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, 1998. illus.
- Knight, Christopher. “bodyknowledge.” godspipes blackelephanthouse. Dublin and Leeds: Irish Museum of Modern Art and Henry Moore Sculpture Institute, 1998. illus.
- Biggs, Lewis and Robert Hopper. leaving tracks: arttranspennine ‘98. Liverpool and Leeds: Tate Gallery Liverpool and Henry Moore Sculpture Institute, 1998. 182-185, illus.
- Panza di Biumo, Giuseppe. “La Exposicio a Sa Llonja.” Colleccio Panza di Biumo: Anys 80 i 90. La Laja: Govern Balear, Conselleria d’Educacio, Cultura i Esports, 1997. 9, 20, 22, 102-107, 150-151, illus.
- Smith, Edward Lucie. Art Today. London: Phaidon Press, 1995. 60, illus.
- Eliel, Carol. bottlesbonesandthingsgetwet. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1994. illus.
- Kienholz, Edward. Peter Shelton. Hope: Faith and Charity in Hope Gallery, 1992. illus.
- Eliel, Carol S. PETERSHELTONasculptor’sDRAWINGS. Chicago: The Arts Club of Chicago, 1992. illus.
- O’Douherty, Brian. Twenty-Seven Installations: Portland Center for the Visual Arts. Portland: Oregon Art Institute, 1989. illus.
- Princenthal, Nancy. “The Body in Question.” Sculpture. Sept./Oct. 1989: 24 - 29, illus.
- Friedman, Martin. Sculpture, Inside and Outside. Minneapolis: Rizzoli, Walker Art Center, 1988. 7, 12, 16, 17, 216-231, illus.
- Butler, Cornelia. Peter Shelton - Waxworks. Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center, 1988. illus.
- Clearwater, Bonnie. Abstract Expressions in Recent Sculpture. Lake Worth: Lannan Museum, 1987. illus.
- Monaghan, Kathleen. Elements: Five Installations. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1987. illus.
- Fox, Howard. Avant-Garde in the Eighties. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987. 97,98, illus.
- Tonelli, Dr. Edith A. floatinghouseDEADMAN. Los Angeles: University of California, Wight Art Gallery, 1987. illus.
- Pietrantonio, Giancito Di. “I Luoghi Mobili Dell Indefinito: Neoinformale, Postastrazione E Neominimalismo.” Anniottanta. Milano: Mazzotta, 1985. 123, 152, 161, illus.
- Caroli, Flavio. “Pittura Veloce, Post-Astrazione E Post- Naturalismo,” Catalogo Generale 1984, La Biennale di Venezia. Venice: Edizioni la Biennale, 1984. 201, 213, illus.
- Knight, Christopher. Peter Shelton Sculpture. British Columbia: Open Space Gallery, 1982. illus.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Peter Shelton: powerhousefrenchtablenecklaces." New York: Sperone Westwater, 17 Mar. 2012. illus.
- 1 2 3 4 "Peter Shelton: eyehand: Selected Sculpture from 1975 to 2011." Los Angeles: L.A. Louver Gallery, Nov. 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Shelton, George, ed. Peter Shelton : thingsgetwet : hearttopologies. New York: Sperone Westwater, 2012. illus.
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