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Almine Rech

Arlene Shechet Some Truths

Apr 21 — May 26, 2018 | Paris
Inquire about the exhibition: inquiries@alminerech.com

Almine Rech Gallery Paris is pleased to present ‘Some Truths’, the first solo exhibition in Paris by the American artist Arlene Shechet.

Arlene Shechet’s sculptures capture an uncanny combination of the raw and the refined. By inhabiting the intermediate area between subject and object, figuration and abstraction, color and form, and humor and pathos, she seeks to address both the power and vulnerability of what it is like to be embodied and alive. Extremes of balance and precariousness exist within a single work, in which disparate materials are stacked, inlayed, woven or folded together. Employing a rich constellation of materials, her palpable objects include wild juxtapositions of materials and sensibilities. Shechet is well known as a brilliant ceramicist but in these latest works she uses her ceramic vocabulary to generate forms in companion materials as well. In this, her first solo exhibition in Paris, Shechet feels the weight of history.

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Selected artworks

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Equal Time, 2017

    Arlene Shechet Equal Time, 2017

    Glazed ceramic, paint, hardwood, steel
    134,6 x 88,9 x 58,4 cm
    53 x 35 x 23 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Roundabout, 2016

    Arlene Shechet Roundabout, 2016

    Ceramic, wood, steel
    88,3 x 76,2 x 76,2 cm
    34,75 x 30 x 30 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      The Body is an Ear, 2016

    Arlene Shechet The Body is an Ear, 2016

    Glazed ceramic, carved hardwood, steel, gold
    133,35 x 66,04 x 58,42 cm
    52,5 x 26 x 23 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Like Kali, 2018

    Arlene Shechet Like Kali, 2018

    Glazed ceramic, wood, paint
    134,6 x 71,1 x 48,3 cm
    53 x 28 x 19 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Deep Listening, 2018

    Arlene Shechet Deep Listening, 2018

    Glazed ceramic, wood, paint
    127 x 66 x 50,8 cm
    50 x 26 x 20 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Rest Less, 2018

    Arlene Shechet Rest Less, 2018

    Glazed ceramic, wood
    58,4 x 40,6 x 40,6 cm
    23 x 16 x 16 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      "Pow!", 2018

    Arlene Shechet "Pow!", 2018

    Aluminum, base wood
    224,8 x 38,1 x 45,7 cm
    88 1/2 x 15 x 18 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      The Golden Leg, 2018

    Arlene Shechet The Golden Leg, 2018

    Glazed concrete, cast concrete, wood, gold
    106,7 x 40,6 x 43,2 cm
    42 x 16 x 17 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Seems Like Spring, 2018

    Arlene Shechet Seems Like Spring, 2018

    Glazed ceramic, steel
    50,8 x 38,1 x 38,1 cm
    20 x 15 x 15 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Knowing Sylvette, 2018

    Arlene Shechet Knowing Sylvette, 2018

    Glazed ceramic, concrete
    83,8 x 53,3 x 55,9 cm
    33 x 21 x 22 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Plus One, 2016

    Arlene Shechet Plus One, 2016

    Glazed ceramic, steel, carved hardwood, concrete
    60,96 x 66,04 x 31,75 cm
    24 x 26 x 12,5 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      It Grew, It Flew , 2018

    Arlene Shechet It Grew, It Flew , 2018

    Glazed ceramic
    33 x 19,7 x 17,8 cm
    13 x 7,75 x 7 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Prophet: Madam F, 2018

    Arlene Shechet Prophet: Madam F, 2018

    Bronze
    173 x 45,7 x 48,3 cm
    68 1/8 x 18 x 19 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Some Attitude, 2018

    Arlene Shechet Some Attitude, 2018

    Concrete
    172,1 x 21 x 21 cm
    67,75 x 8,25 x 8,25 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      My Absinthe, 2018

    Arlene Shechet My Absinthe, 2018

    Glazed ceramic
    15,9 x 15,2 x 15,2 cm
    6,25 x 6 x 6 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Close to me, 2018

    Arlene Shechet Close to me, 2018

    Glazed ceramic
    38,1 x 40,6 x 35,6 cm
    15 x 16 x 14 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Best Dressed , 2016

    Arlene Shechet Best Dressed , 2016

    Glazed Ceramic
    34,3 x 15,2 x 16,5 cm
    13 1/2 x 6 x 6 1/2 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Who, What, When, 2015

    Arlene Shechet Who, What, When, 2015

    Glazed ceramic, hard wood, steel
    132,1 x 45,7 x 45,7 cm
    52 x 18 x 18 in

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Gold Thumbs Landscape, 2012

    Arlene Shechet Gold Thumbs Landscape, 2012

    Glazed Meissen Porcelain, gold
    40 x 11 x 10,9 cm
    15,75 x 4,33 x 4,3 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Standing Paw , 2018

    Arlene Shechet Standing Paw , 2018

    Aluminum
    128,3 x 67,3 x 81,3 cm
    50,5 x 26,5 x 32 inches

  • Arlene Shechet,                                      Shoulder to Leg (Blue), 2013

    Arlene Shechet Shoulder to Leg (Blue), 2013

    Glazed Meissen Porcelain and platinum
    29 x 18 x 12 cm
    11 3/8 x 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches