A new retrospective of the work of trailblazing artist Barbara
Chase-Riboud
Barbara Chase-Riboud is a bestselling novelist, an award-winning poet,
and a renowned visual artist whose sculpture and drawings are in museum
collections around the world. Among her best-known sculptural work is
the Malcolm X series of flowing cast bronze forms combined with
braided fiber elements. Barbara Chase-Riboud Monumentale traces this
pioneering artist's remarkable career from the 1950s to the present,
providing the most comprehensive account of her important body of work
to date.
The book features both celebrated and never-before-seen artworks that
highlight Chase-Riboud's groundbreaking contributions to contemporary
sculpture. In addition to some forty sculptures, the book presents
nearly twenty works on paper, a selection of Chase-Riboud's poetry, and
excerpts from an interview with the artist.
Exploring the many different aspects of Chase-Riboud's artistic
practice, Barbara Chase-Riboud Monumentale provides unprecedented
insights into her meditations on form, memory, and monument, while
revealing the rich array of inspiration she has drawn from global art
history and literature.
Published in association with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation
Exhibition Schedule
Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis
September 16, 2022-February 5, 2023
