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Alan Shields: Stirring up the Waters
October 21–December 31, 2007
Alan Shields (American, 1944-2005)
Ajax (detail), 1972-73
Acrylic, canvas, aluminum tubing, glass beads, and thread
96 x 96 x 96 inches
Estate of the Artist
Photo: Gary Mamay
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Alan Shields (1944–2005) became widely known for his large-scale pieces that used materials as diverse as cotton belting and strung beads to forge a new concept for art works that operated not as painting or sculpture but as an amalgam of the two.
Alan Shields: Stirring up the Waters will reunite works from the late 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s, some of which have not been shown in decades. Revisiting this early period will provide a long overdue opportunity to view this work in the context of Shields’s entire career, to examine his position among his peers, and to assess his continuing importance for art-making today.
Left: Alan Shields (American, 1944–2005) S.P.,1970. Acrylic, thread and beads on canvas. 103 1/2 x 167 1/2 in. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. Right: Alan Shields (American, 1944–2005) Ajax, 1972–73. Acrylic, canvas, aluminum tubing, glass beads, and thread. 96 x 96 x 96 in. Estate of the Artist. Installation photo: Gary Mamay.
Left: Alan Shields (American, 1944-2005) Everybody Knows Korolowitz, 1976. Acrylic, canvas, aluminum tubing, and thread, 120 x 196 x 196 inches. Estate of the Artist. Right: Alan Shields (American, 1944-2005) J + K, 1972. Acrylic, thread, and beads on canvas, 108 x 255 inches. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
Installation photo: Gary Mamay
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