The Sculpture of Alfred Gruber and Jacqueline Stieger
a shared language
$122.60
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
4 June 2024
Summary
For sculptors Alfred Gruber (1931-1972) and Jacqueline Stieger (b.1936), their meeting in 1962 marked the start of a bountiful partnership - their artistic chemistry conjuring works that exploited the transformative qualities of common and precious metals. Chronicling their intertwined stories, which saw Gruber reach his pinnacle as a solo artist and Stieger establish innovative sculptural techniques that informed her onward career, their individual achievements are also given due focus in th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848225855 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1848225857 |
| Author: | Gerardine Mulcahy-Parker |
| Publisher: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 4 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 830g |
| Dimensions: | 250mm x 190mm x 18mm |
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‘A fascinating insight into the lives of Alfred Gruber and Jacqueline Stieger, intertwined, for ten intense years, in mutual love and focus on making innovative sculpture. Gruber’s death left Stieger a legacy of technical knowledge enabling her own unique expressive power to be realised in large, and small scale, works of art.’ - Rosemary Ransome Wallis, Art Director and Curator (1972-2017), The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
‘A lovely and fascinating book about two sculptors whose wide ranging, and much too little known, work is a sheer delight.’ - Sir Mark Jones, Former Director of the V&A Museum
‘Both a love story and an investigation into how two sculptors employed a wide range of approaches, materials and scales to negotiate a path between the absract and the figurative, this fascinating book takes the reader on a journey from the Post-Second World War era to our own day.’ - Philip Attwood, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum
‘A lovely and fascinating book about two sculptors whose wide ranging, and much too little known, work is a sheer delight.’ - Sir Mark Jones, Former Director of the V&A Museum‘Both a love story and an investigation into how two sculptors employed a wide range of approaches, materials and scales to negotiate a path between the absract and the figurative, this fascinating book takes the reader on a journey from the Post-Second World War era to our own day.’ - Philip Attwood, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum
‘A fascinating insight into the lives of Alfred Gruber and Jacqueline Stieger, intertwined, for ten intense years, in mutual love and focus on making innovative sculpture. Gruber’s death left Stieger a legacy of technical knowledge enabling her own unique expressive power to be realised in large, and small scale, works of art.’ - Rosemary Ransome Wallis, Art Director and Curator (1972-2017), The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
About The Author
Gerardine Mulcahy-Parker
After many years working as curator in museums and galleries, Gerardine Mulcahy-Parker is now a freelance curator, heritage consultant and founder of ‘The Exhibitours’ touring exhibition company. She has been researching the work of Alfred Gruber and Jacqueline Stieger for a number of years.
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