Tom OTTERNESS
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Wealthy Man ©1997 Tom Otterness |
Tom Otterness was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1952. By 1970 he was in New York as part of the Art Students League, which he followed with The Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He has since remained in New York City, where he currently lives and works.
For over two decades Otterness has upheld the age-old tradition of cast bronze figurative sculpture. In the process, he has played a major role in redefining the tradition. He uses deceptively whimsical cartoon-like figures that initially charm the viewer to make critical commentaries on political and social issues. This combination of unforeseen subject matter and fanciful characters is what makes his work so exceptional.
Otterness works mainly in bronze sculpture, but his ideas have been realized on paper in the form of drawings and etchings. The unique simplified forms created to approach thought-provoking subject matter succeed in whichever medium Otterness employs.
Otterness has received a number of public commissions across the United
States and abroad, and he is represented in many public collections including
the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York; Dallas Museum of Art,
Dallas, Texas; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York; Israel
Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; IVAM Center Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain;
Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico; Museum of Modern Art, New York, New
York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California; and
the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
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| Frog with Bee 1997 Soft ground etching Plate: 10 x 8 inches Sheet: 15 x 12 inches Edition of 40 Published by Marlborough Graphics, NY ©1997 Tom Otterness |
Cat 1997 Soft ground etching Plate: 10 x 8 inches Sheet: 21.5 x 15 inches Edition of 40 Published by Marlborough Graphics, NY ©1997 Tom Otterness |
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Family Portrait 1997 Hard ground etching, printed from four plates on one sheet Plate: 10 x 8 inches each Sheet: 26.25 x 19.5 inches Edition of 15 Published by Marlborough Graphics, NY ©1997 Tom Otterness |