Evan Penny
Evan Penny | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 72–73) |
| Known for | sculptor |
Evan Penny (born 1953, in South Africa) is a visual artist based in Toronto, Ontario.
Penny graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 1978. He makes sculptures of human forms out of silicone, pigment, hair and aluminium saying his interest "is to situate the sculptures perceptually between the way we might see each other in real time and space and the way we imagine our equivalent in a photographic representation."[1] Though his creations are lifelike, Penny believes that "the real can't be represented or symbolized."[2]
Early works
[edit | edit source]Penny’s early figurative sculptures were brought together in Absolutely Unreal, a major survey of the artist’s work that traveled to the Museum London in London, Ontario, the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta (2003–2006).
No One - In Particular (2004–2007)
[edit | edit source]No One – In Particular is a grouping of twice life-size sculptures that are imaginary portraits constructed to look like ordinary people but with larger parts of the body, accentuating the variability in the human form.
Stretch / Anamorphs (2003–2008)
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Penny’s Stretch and Anamorph sculptures stretch, blur and manipulate the human form in space. In works such as Stretch #1 2003, Penny’s traditional busts are vertically stretched elongating the head and shoulders.
Penny’s Panagiota works visually chart a conversation Penny had with a young woman by rendering her facial expression at different points in their conversation.
Backs (2004–2008)
[edit | edit source]Penny created a series of hyper-real sculptures of the backs of individuals.
Recent works
[edit | edit source]In 2011, Penny created his largest sculpture to date, Jim Revisited, a 10 foot tall man with a commanding presence. As the model for this new sculpture Penny revisited his 1985 piece, Jim, a diminutive 4/5 life-size sculpture positioned in a contrapposto stance.
Exhibitions
[edit | edit source]- 2011: Evan Penny. Re Figured, Kunsthalle Tübingen, later on Museum der Moderne Salzburg and Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
- 2012–2013: Lifelike, group show originated at the Walker Art Center, traveling to the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, and Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas[3]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 1997 Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award from the Canada Council.[4]
References
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Bibliography
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- Alberto Fiz/Daniel Schreiber (Eds.): Evan Penny. Re Figured, Buchhandlung König, Köln, Germany 2011 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- evanpenny.com
- Evan Penny at Sperone Westwater
- Evan Penny artist-portrait by CastYourArt, 2012 Archived 2012-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
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