Manuel Neri & the assertion of modern figurative sculpture
By: introduction, Alexander Nemerov ; essay, Bruce Nixon
Contributors: Neri, Manuel, 1930-; Nemerov, Alexander, author of introduction; Anderson Collection at Stanford University
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781503605480
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: American Sculpture; Human figure in art; Relief (Sculpture); Exhibitions; Mexican American artists; Themes, motives; Criticism and interpretation
Other titles: Manuel Neri and the assertion of modern figurative sculpture
Description: The exploration of the human figure has been the pursuit of artists for millennia. Manuel Neri (b. 1930), a California native and former student of Richard Diebenkorn and Nathan Oliveira, has spent a lifetime accentuating the gesture, surface, and materiality of the figure. He renders his work in several different mediums that include plaster, marble, bronze, and paper. This exhibition, drawn from and celebrating gifts donated to the museum by The Manuel Neri Trust, provides a glimpse into the artist's creative process and his quest to define the figure on his own terms. Manuel Neri  is known for his prolonged artistic engagement with the figure in a variety of materials, starting with plaster in the late 1950s and moving into bronze and marble. The seven sculptures in the outdoor installation reference Neri's origins with plaster and his expressionistic manipulation of the medium. By casting plaster in bronze, tactile surfaces are preserved and enhanced.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-289) and index.

The catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition "Manuel Neri: Assertion of the Figure, Gifts from the Manuel Neri Trust" presented by the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, September 14, 2017-February 12, 2018.