Terence Main

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'Fourth Frond' cast bronze sculpture by Terence Main, 1991, Metropolitan Museum of Art
'Fourth Frond' cast bronze sculpture by Terence Main, 1991, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terence Main is an American modernist sculptor who was born in 1954. He is best known for the cast metal sculptural furniture that he has been making for more than 20 years. He challenges the boundaries between sculpture and commercial design. His objects accommodates the human body, but are sculpture first and furniture secondarily.

[edit] Exhibitions

  • 2007 Structure Et Surface, Harris Lieberman Gallery, NY, NY
  • 2007 Art Basel Miami, Miami Beach, FL
  • 2005 Modernism, 7th Army Regiment, NY, NY
  • 2003 Significant Objects, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
  • 2003 The Sculpted Seat, Leo Kaplan Modern, NY, NY
  • 2002 Terra Incognita, Installation at 143 West 26th Street, NY, NY
  • 2002 A Century of Design, Part IV, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
  • 2000 Important Postwar and Contemporary Design, Icon20, NY, NY
  • 1997 Guerrillas, Art et Industrie, NY, NY
  • 1996 Terrestrial Tale, Art et Industrie, NY, NY
  • 1994 Modern Furniture, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
  • 1993 Modern Metal Work, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
  • 1991 InfIorescence, Art et Industrie, NY
  • 1990 Exhibition Evolution: from New York, Manufactory Gallery, Tokyo
  • 1989 Apparitions, Art et Industrie, NY
  • 1988 Hellbenders, Art et Industrie, NY
  • 1983 The Future Isn't What It Used To Be, International Design Conference, Aspen, CO
  • 1982 Third Stream- Main+Main, Art et Industrie, NY

[edit] References

  • Ash, John and Rick Kaufmann, Terence Main, Terrestrial Tale, New York, Art et Industrie, 1996.

[edit] External links

  • terencemain.com [1]