Richard Miller 1969 Peridot Gallery NYC Exhibition Poster

Description: Richard Miller 1969 Peridot Gallery NYC Exhibition Poster MARCH 11-APRIL 5, 1969 • PREVIEW MARCH 11, 5-7 P.M. • PERIDOT GALLERY • 820 MADISON AVENUE AT 68 ST. • RH #-#### 23” x 23” Pink Watermark Erice29 Erice29 Erice29 will not appear on poster The figure is a persistent theme in art. We have heard so often that it died. By now, the once vigorous new idea of the figure's demise has itself grown old. Granted that the ideal figure of classic sculpture is dead, and the academic figure that sprang from it is deader still. But the tradition of the figure persists. Unaccountably it struggles to renew itself. There seems always somewhere on the fringes of the art scene to be another figure show. The rumblings get a little louder, they spread in several directions. It is worth noting that a considerable number of students and young artists are presently interested in the figure. Notes from an Artist's Diary, Anonymous This acknowledgement that the so-called ideal or generalized figure is in fact dead is a blessing which liberates us all. In my own case, it frees me to consider the specific figure. For I find it possible to be bored with the academic figure, disinterested in anatomical learning - yet at the same time still to be interested in the figure and still to be fascinated by the phenomenon of individuality. Perhaps this is because activity, rather than prior knowledge, is required to perceive this phenome-non. An intense activity of sensitive observation is vital, for individuality in order to exist must be continually discovered. I find my own observation is often aided by removing from the figure the familiar background which normally blends individuals into the blurry stream of general humanity. In the past I have on occasion used the device of a window-like frame to separate my bronze figures from that back-ground. In this present series of sculptures I have used it again. But this new work differs from the earlier pieces in that additional square frames have been used to enclose additional volumes of space. The frame, being a repeated module, now provides the work with both structure and the potential for varied combinations within that structure. It divides the space into equal cubes which extend upward to elevate the figure and downward to stabilize the piece against the floor. The reaction between the frame and the figure is immediate. Each affects the other. A mood is created. The frame structure is somehow changed when the figure sits within it. (As Gaston Bache-lard points out: "Inhabited space transcends geometrical space.") The figure, by relating to the structure, transforms it and encourages the viewer to relate to it as well. The figure, I find, is equally affected. First, the compartmented nature of the overall structure tends to isolate each figure from the other so that even when several figures exist within a single sculpture, each one remains separate - an interchangeable unit. Secondly, the sharp edges and flat surfaces of the frame make a strong contrast for the figure so it seems detached even in terms of its own unit. Thus by setting the figure apart twice, the frame gives it special focus and intensifies its individuality. I have found that this same intensification was evident even before I began the actual sculpture. It was reflected in the work of the models who posed for the figures. They had to create a pose in relation to the square frame. This was a fresh problem for them, with no stock answers. The individual model's response to the frame thus had to be entirely her own. Some models felt sheltered by the frame, others were in conflict with it. I was delighted with the way they responded. Their imaginations were sparked, their individuality emphasized. Richard A. Miller Richard Miller (visual effects) Richard Miller (December 6, 1942 – December 8, 2022) was an American sculptor and visual effects artist. He worked on such films as Star Trek: First Contact, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and The Rocketeer.[1] He created Princess Leia's bikini costume, which appeared in the 1983 film Return of the Jedi.[2] Miller died in Northern California on December 8, 2022, at the age of 80.[2]

Price: 500 USD

Location: New York, New York

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