Albert Paley: Sculpture, Drawings, Graphics & Decorative Arts

Book / Monograph

Published: 01.01.2008

Albert Paley: Sculpture, Drawings, Graphics & Decorative Arts.

Craig Adcock

Text by:: Albert Paley

Edited by:: Florida State University, Museum of Fine Arts

Edited at:: USA

Technical data:: 64 Pages, paperback, text in English, 25.5 x 21.5 cm

ISBN / ISSN:: 978-1889282114

Out of print

For Albert Paley, the definitive turning point in his studio career - from metalsmithing on the intimate scale to fabrication on the monumental scale of public artworks - came in 1973 when he won the commission for the gates of the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C.

Albert Paley: Sculpture, Drawings, Graphics, and Decorative Arts includes a spectrum of Paley's works, maquettes, and proposals for major commissions, decorative arts, drawings, prints, and sculpture. Paley's projects range from the 260-foot bridge railings for the Main Street Redevelopment Project in his home, Rochester, New York, to the sculptural ornament of a gilt opera box handle for a Texas cultural complex. He orchestrates a team of professionals at his studio to create titanic sculptures, heroic archways, massive gates, and human-scaled functional objects such as ceremonial tables, desks, or lamps.