Accompanies major exhibition at Grounds For Sculpture, on view through
January 9, 2022With essays by Bruce Beasley, Tom Moran, Marlena
Doktorczyk-Donohue, and Lawrence WeschlerFor six decades, sculptor Bruce
Beasley has worked in a range of media to build complex, resonant
sculptures that communicate the primacy of form and express the
emotional language of shape. Bruce Beasley: Sixty Year Retrospective is
an elegant survey of his illustrious career: from early experiments in
scrap iron during the 1960s; aluminum works of the 1970s; cast acrylic
sculptures of the 1970s and 80s; and stone, stainless steel and bronze
works of the 1990s to the present day. The catalog also features
Beasley's latest venture into two-dimensional media. This richly
illustrated book includes Beasley's reflections on his career. In a
conversation, Beasley and Lawrence Weschler discuss art and activism.
Essays discussing his processes and appraising his impact are written by
curator Tom Moran and Marlena Doktorczyk-Donohue, Director of the Bruce
Beasley Foundation and Professor of Art History at Otis College of Art
and Design, Los Angeles.