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Jene Highstein: Eleven Works

Jene Highstein 9
Past Exhibition

Jene Highstein: Eleven Works

October 20, 2005 – April 3, 2006
Past Exhibition

Jene Highstein: Eleven Works

October 20, 2005 – April 3, 2006
Jene Highstein 9

Jene Highstein’s Eleven Works consists of eleven sculptures in stone, wood, and metal created by Jene Highstein over the last twenty years. Influenced by the spare aesthetic of Minimalism, Highstein works in simplified sculptural forms. Yet his sculpture veers from the industrial, ascetic language of Minimalism through evidence of the artist’s hand in the surface and outline of each work. Highstein’s series of sculptures in the park are grouped by medium. Some explore basic sculptural forms through subtle differences in texture and shape as in Iceberg and Tri-Cornered Poplar Casting, both in cast-iron. The nearly identical, black granite Dangerous Objects (Internal) and (External) mirror one other, but have contrasting surface textures: one elegantly smooth, the other tough and rugged. Three quartzite Tornados are funnel-shaped forms with spiraling surfaces and textures. Inspired by the violently rotating, destructive column of air, Double Tornado completes the quartet of work. The totemic Cedar Staircase, at sixteen-feet high, is the largest work on view. Across the lawn, Female Figure recalls ancient fertility objects.

  • About the artist
    Jene Highstein (American,1942-2013) was born in Baltimore. He received a BA in philosophy from University Maryland (1963), and completed postgraduate work at University of Chicago (1965). 

    He studied drawing at New York Studio School and earned a post-graduate diploma from Royal Academy (1970). Highstein designed sets for a number of theater productions including ELD Dance Company in Stockholm. The artist received many awards including four National Endowment for the Arts grants, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and St. Gaudens Memorial Prize. His works are included in the collections of Baltimore Museum of Art; Dallas Art Museum; Fogg Museum, Harvard University and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

    Read more about the artist
  • About the artist
    Jene Highstein (American,1942-2013) was born in Baltimore. He received a BA in philosophy from University Maryland (1963), and completed postgraduate work at University of Chicago (1965). 

    He studied drawing at New York Studio School and earned a post-graduate diploma from Royal Academy (1970). Highstein designed sets for a number of theater productions including ELD Dance Company in Stockholm. The artist received many awards including four National Endowment for the Arts grants, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and St. Gaudens Memorial Prize. His works are included in the collections of Baltimore Museum of Art; Dallas Art Museum; Fogg Museum, Harvard University and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

    Read more about the artist

Jene Highstein’s Eleven Works consists of eleven sculptures in stone, wood, and metal created by Jene Highstein over the last twenty years. Influenced by the spare aesthetic of Minimalism, Highstein works in simplified sculptural forms. Yet his sculpture veers from the industrial, ascetic language of Minimalism through evidence of the artist’s hand in the surface and outline of each work. Highstein’s series of sculptures in the park are grouped by medium. Some explore basic sculptural forms through subtle differences in texture and shape as in Iceberg and Tri-Cornered Poplar Casting, both in cast-iron. The nearly identical, black granite Dangerous Objects (Internal) and (External) mirror one other, but have contrasting surface textures: one elegantly smooth, the other tough and rugged. Three quartzite Tornados are funnel-shaped forms with spiraling surfaces and textures. Inspired by the violently rotating, destructive column of air, Double Tornado completes the quartet of work. The totemic Cedar Staircase, at sixteen-feet high, is the largest work on view. Across the lawn, Female Figure recalls ancient fertility objects.

  • About the artist
    Jene Highstein (American,1942-2013) was born in Baltimore. He received a BA in philosophy from University Maryland (1963), and completed postgraduate work at University of Chicago (1965). 

    He studied drawing at New York Studio School and earned a post-graduate diploma from Royal Academy (1970). Highstein designed sets for a number of theater productions including ELD Dance Company in Stockholm. The artist received many awards including four National Endowment for the Arts grants, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and St. Gaudens Memorial Prize. His works are included in the collections of Baltimore Museum of Art; Dallas Art Museum; Fogg Museum, Harvard University and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

    Read more about the artist
  • Exhibition Catalogue
    Jene Highstein: Eleven Works
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  • About the artist
    Jene Highstein (American,1942-2013) was born in Baltimore. He received a BA in philosophy from University Maryland (1963), and completed postgraduate work at University of Chicago (1965). 

    He studied drawing at New York Studio School and earned a post-graduate diploma from Royal Academy (1970). Highstein designed sets for a number of theater productions including ELD Dance Company in Stockholm. The artist received many awards including four National Endowment for the Arts grants, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and St. Gaudens Memorial Prize. His works are included in the collections of Baltimore Museum of Art; Dallas Art Museum; Fogg Museum, Harvard University and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

    Read more about the artist
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Exhibition Support

The art program is supported by Founding Partners The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Agnes Gund & Daniel Shapiro, and Anonymous. Major Support is provided by The New York Community Trust, Jill & Peter Kraus. Additional support provided by Art for Art’s Sake, Paula Cooper Gallery, Lewis B. & Dorothy Cullman, Jo Carole & Ronald Lauder, BZ & Michael Schwartz, and Anna Marie & Robert Shapiro. This publication is funded by The Leucadia Foundation.

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