Jeremy Anderson
Between, Beyond: 1953-64
March 7 – April 20, 2019
Jeremy Anderson
Untitled
1952
Redwood
11 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches
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Jeremy Anderson
Untitled
1953
Redwood
19 x 5 x 8 inches
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Jeremy Anderson
Untitled
1955
Ink and graphite on paper
8 1/2 x 11 inches
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Jeremy Anderson
Untitled
1958
Ink, watercolor, pencil and color pencil on paper
13 3/4 x 10 inches
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Jeremy Anderson
Untitled
1959
Cast lead
6 x 9 x 6 inches
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Jeremy Anderson
Untitled
1959
Ink and graphite on paper
16 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches
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Jeremy Anderson
Untitled
1960
Redwood and lead
11 1/2 x 31 1/4 x 12 inches
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Jeremy Anderson
Untitled
1960
Ink, graphite and color pencil on paper
12 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches
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Jeremy Anderson
Four Hermits Named Dave
1964
Colored pencil, ink and graphite on paper
25 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches
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Jeremy Anderson
Map #32
1965
Ink, watercolor, pencil and color pencil on paper
23 1/8 x 20 5/8 inches
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Though Jeremy Anderson is often placed in a lineage of avant-garde thought which can be traced back to the Cubism and Surrealism of a half-century prior, his own concept of sculpture as an art form went well beyond any physical limitations. Contrary to such formal modes, to him, the medium itself was besides the point; rather something more elusive shaped his work: a pursuit of truth.
By 1960, at which point Anderson’s preferred medium was wood (for its plentitude, ease of manipulating and comparative inexpensiveness), he had decided that “perhaps abstract art is more capable of dealing with abstract ideas than representational art… Truth in a tangible form is far from being absolute, but at least you can put your hands on it,” a succinct example of the contractions so apparent in his sculptures of the time