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- Using orthopedic bandages dipped in plaster, New York sculptor George Segal constructed some of the most haunting and memorable figurative art of the 20 th century.
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Jun 9, 2000 · Using orthopedic bandages dipped in plaster, New York sculptor George Segal constructed some of the most haunting and memorable figurative art of the 20 th century. Life-sized models based on his body and those of friends, family, and neighbors are seated at lunch counters, poised on street corners, or waiting in train stations.
- American
- November 26, 1924
- New York, New York
- June 9, 2000
George Segal was an American sculptor of monochromatic cast plaster figures often situated in environments of mundane furnishings and objects. Segal was educated at the Cooper Union, Pratt Institute, New York University (B.S., 1950), and Rutgers University (M.F.A., 1963) and began his artistic.
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Although Segal started his art career as a painter, his best known works are cast life-size figures and the tableaux the figures inhabited. In place of traditional casting techniques, Segal pioneered the use of plaster bandages (plaster-impregnated gauze strips designed for making orthopedic casts) as a sculptural medium. In this process, he ...
Although he began as a figurative painter in the late 1950's along with artists such as Allan Kaprow and George Brecht, he turned to sculpture in order to explore the human figure as it relates to actual space and its surroundings.
Jun 13, 2021 · Segal used orthopaedic bandages dipped in plaster to create some the most haunting and memorable figurative art of the 20th century. Life-sized models are seated at lunch counters, waiting in train stations, or poised on the street.
George Segal was an American Pop artist. Though he began his career as a painter, he is best known for his iconic figurative sculptures. Easily recognizable as completely white plaster casts of people in poses and settings that mimic daily life, cinematic scenes, and historical events, his sculpture offers a haunting portrait of American life ...
Although he began as a figurative painter in the late 1950's along with artists such as Allan Kaprow and George Brecht, he turned to sculpture in order to explore the human figure as it relates to actual space and its surroundings.
