Arnold Zimmerman
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Arnold Zimmerman (1954-2021), also known as Arnie Zimmerman, was an American sculptor and ceramic artist.[1][2][3] His work ranged from monumental to miniature, and abstract to figurative, encompassing totemic vessel forms, tabletop sculpture and figures, murals, and room-size installations.[4][5][6][7] He was part of a multi-decade, 20th-century shift in American ceramics during which artists challenged clay's identification with function and craft, engaging fine-art domains such as emotional expression, social commentary, figuration and narrative.[8][9][10] Zimmerman first gained recognition in the 1980s for deeply carved, architectonic sculptures characterized by rough physicality, rhythmic surfaces, gestural presence and Italian Romanesque influences.[11][12][13][14] In the mid-1990s, he shifted to figurative work that critic Donald Kuspit wrote, examined the interaction of finite man and infinite matter, artist and creative work: "There is a sense of futility and folly as well as seemingly senseless idealism and innocence built into Zimmerman's parables of the all-too-human."[15][1]
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Born | December 13, 1954 Poughkeepsie, New York, United States |
Died | 2021 |
Nationality | American |
Education | New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Kansas City Art Institute |
Known for | Sculpture, installation art, figurative art |
Spouse | Ann Rosenthal |
Children | Isabel Rosenthal Zimmerman |
Awards | Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts |
Website | Arnie Zimmerman |
Zimmerman's art belongs to the public collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[16] Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[17] Smithsonian American Art Museum,[18] and Brooklyn Museum,[19] among others. In 2021, his work appeared in the Metropolitan Museum exhibition, "Shapes From Out of Nowhere."[10] He received fellowships and awards from organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and New York Foundation for the Arts.[20][21][13] Zimmerman, who worked out of a Brooklyn, New York studio for most of his career, died in Hudson, New York in 2021.[5][22][23]