Bruce Edelstein
Series
Case Study Series
In 2007, I began working with clay, after a number of years primarily working with the human figure using wax and bronze. Initially, I was attracted to simple, rustic and utilitarian ceramic forms, which I saw in street markets while travelling in Mexico and Colombia. Gradually, as I continued working with clay in my studio in New York, the sculptures began to take on the character of structures related to shelters or buildings. They provided a sense of location and space that the figures alone could not. The sculptures from the series, “Case Study,” were inspired by the experimental homes commissioned by Arts & Architectural Magazine in the 1950s. One of these homes was just down the street from where I formally lived in Los Angeles. I was attracted to the sense of transparency in the architecture, creating a fluid transition between interior and exterior space that produced a tension that defied their boundaries. My recent sculptures contrast this fluid sense of space with the solid weight and mass of the material to express their form. There is a strange mixture and tension between a space influenced by modernist thinking and weight expressed through rustic forms and structures. Sculptures are composed of structural elements that may appear stylistically dissonant, yet exist together, as in life in a de facto partnership.
These sculptures are made from a course clay, gas-fired to cone 10.
Bruce Edelstein
Pentimento Series
With a focus to experience the nature of the sculptures, my works on paper are imagined as views looking out from the sculptures, rather than depictions of objects. Through the work on paper, I imagine how the sculpture may influence space beyond their measured dimensions or how I might feel moving through the space they describe. They are done to free my thoughts from any physical limitations the sculptures might impose and explore new relationships within the work. Mixed media is a favorite technique as it allows me the flexibility to cut and reassemble the drawings. Recognizing some unique quality during the progress of a work, guides me in stepping back while illuminating the particular quality the piece dictates.
Bruce Edelstein
2015 “Between Sky and Earth,” Christian Duvernois Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2011 Hillwood Art Museum. Long Island University, Long Island, NY, USA
2008 Museo de los Pintores Qaxaquenos, Oaxaca, Mexico
2002 Denise Cade Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1999 Denise Cade Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1997 Denise Cade Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1994 Denise Cade Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1993 Gartner Torres Arte, Bogota, Colombia
1992 Denise Cade Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1984 Art Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1984 LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA1989
1982 Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA, USA
1981 Traction Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1980 Bhirasri Institute of Modern Art, Bankok, Thailand
1977 Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2015 “In Sight,” Terazzo Art Projects, New York, NY, USA
2007 “Pierogi Flat File Show,” Pocket Utopia, New York, NY, USA
2006 “Mallin Collection,” Johnson Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
2004 “International Art Festival,” Burapha University, Thailand
2002 “1st Invitational Exhibition,” National Academy of Design, New York, NY, USA
2000 “Obsessive Drawing,” Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, USA
1997 “Best of the Season, Selections from Gallery Exhibitions, 1996-1997.,” Aldrich Museum of Con-
temporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, USA
1995 Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, USA
1994 Denise Cade Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1993 Denise Cade Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1992 “Emerging Artists,” Sculpture Center, New York, NY, USA
1992 Denise Cade Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1992 Anthony Ralph Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1991 Willoughby Sharp Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1989 Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
1988 “Life Forms,” Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA, USA
1988 “Los Angeles Artists,” Dongsbang Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1988 “Los Angeles Artists,” Newz Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1988 Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1983 “Los Angeles Artists,” Palm Springs Museum, Palm Springs, CA, USA
1983 Futura Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
1983 Dongsbang Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
1983 Pan Pacific Art Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea
1982 Santa Monica College Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
1982 “Los Angeles Artists,” Japanese Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1982 “Art-Alchemy,” California State College, Dominguez Hills, CA, USA
1978 “California Sculpture,” Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2007 Trinity Fellowship for Career Development
1980 CETA, California Confederation of the Arts
Video
Between Sky and Earth: Bruce Edelstein and Christian Erroi, Sept 16 – Nov 6, 2015 from Christian Duvernois on Vimeo.