Joel Shapiro
New York City 1941
New York, 1975 Photo credit Alessandro Panza
It was a compromise between abstaction and figuration: because of its Minimalism simplicity the form lost most of its relationship with the visible. It stripped reality of its incidentals and returned to the idea behind the thing, a process of abstraction related to Plato's philosophy.
Joel Shapiro, Untitled, 1971. Texas limestone, 11,2 x 13,6 x 12 cm. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Joel Shapiro, Untitled, 1973-1974. Cast brass, 7,9 x 3,4 x 3,4 cm. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Joel Shapiro, Untitled, 1974. Cast brass, 6,3 × 14,8 × 14,6 cm. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Installation Percepciones en transformación. La colleción Panza del Museo Guggenheim, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, November 16, 2000 - February 14, 2001. Works by Joel Shapiro. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Erika Barahona Ede ©FMGB Guggenheim Bilbao