A comprehensive survey of the works of American sculptor Tony Feher, this exhibition features key artworks that use everyday objects and found materials in a post-minimalist aesthetic, displaying the richness and complexity of Feher’s investigations. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated monograph and reveals Feher's very personal vocabulary developed and refined over the past decades. Organized by Claudia Schmuckli, Director and Chief Curator of Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston.
TOUR DATES
Des Moines Art Center, May 11 – September 2, 2012
Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, October 13, 2012 – March 31st, 2012
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, May 24 – September 16, 2013
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, October 6, 2013 – February 16, 2014
Akron Art Museum, April 12-August 17, 2014.
The Tony Feher exhibition has been organized by Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston. Support for Tony Feher at The Bronx Museum of the Arts was provided by the generosity of Mark Diker, Scott Lorinsky, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, Andrew J. and Sarah M. Meigs, Andrew Ong and George Robertson, Renwick Fine Art Services, Ann and Mel Schaffer, Chara Schreyer, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Robin Wright, and other individuals.
Blossom, 2009
extruded polystyrene, 4 x 8 x 2 feet
Courtesy of the artist
Photograph by Jason Mandella
Untitled, 2007–09
Cardboard boxes, spray paint
50 1/2 x 14 x 11 3/4 inches (128.3 x 35.6 x 29.8
cm)
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Purchased with
funds provided by Susan and Larry Marx
Photograph by Robert Wedemeyer
It Seemed a Beautiful Day, 2002
Plastic bottles with plastic caps, water, food dye,
wire, rope
Bottles: 23 x 48 x 23 inches (58.4 x 121.9 x 58.4
cm); overall dimensions variable
Collection of the San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art. Purchased through the In/Site Fund
and the James Wilson Trust in memory of
Michael Moran
Photograph by Adam Reich
Long Term Pillow, 1997
Sand mix, plastic flowers
7 1/4 x 15 x 14 inches (18.4 x 38.1 x 35.6 cm)
Collection of Christopher D’Amelio, New York
Photograph by Adam Reich
Round Things with a Hole in the Middle Most of
the Time, 1990– (ongoing)
Glass jar with plastic lid, found objects
Dimensions variable
Photographs by Adam Reich, courtesy of The
Pace Gallery
Each December, Artforum invites a group of distinguished critics, curators, and artists from around the world to consider the year in art. Poet/critic/artist Wayne Koestenbaum offers a playful review of Feher's whimsical constructions.
