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Opening Reception: Friday, April 29th, 5-7pm
Gerald
Peters
Gallery
of
Santa
Fe
is
pleased
to
present
Albert
Paley.
This
exhibit
of
this
widely
respected
metal
sculptor
opens
with
a
public
reception
on
Friday,
April
29,
2011.
Albert
Paley
is
the
first
metal
sculptor
to
receive
the
coveted
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
from
the
American
Institute
of
Architects,
the
AIA’s
highest
award
to
a
non-‐architect.
“The
allure
of
Paley’s
art
comes
through
its
intrinsic
sense
of
integration
of
art
and
architecture,”
as
one
noted
architect
stated.
Albert
Paley
as
been
an
active
artist
for
over
30
years
at
his
studio
in
Rochester,
New
York.
Commissioned
by
both
public
institutions
and
private
corporations,
Paley
has
completed
more
than
60
site-‐
specific
works.
Some
notable
examples
include
the
Portal
Gates
for
the
Renwick
Gallery
of
the
Smithsonian
Institution
in
Washington,
D.C.,
a
sculpture
and
plaza
designed
for
Adobe
Systems
in
San
Jose,
CA,
the
Portal
Gates
for
the
New
York
State
Senate
Chambers
in
Albany,
a
plaza
sculpture
for
AT&T
in
Atlanta,
GA.
Recently
completed
works
include
a
pair
of
entrance
sculptures
for
the
Columbia
Public
Library,
Columbia,
Missouri
and
a
120-‐foot
long
entryway
sculpture
in
Forrest
Park
for
the
St.
Louis
Zoological
Park,
St.
Louis,
Missouri,
among
others.
Pieces
by
Albert
Paley
can
be
found
in
the
permanent
collections
of
many
major
museums
including
the
Metropolitan
Museum
of
Art
in
New
York,
The
Museum
of
Fine
Arts
in
Boston,
the
Museum
of
Fine
Arts
in
Houston
and
the
Victoria
and
Albert
Museum
in
London,
Western
Australia,
Fitzwilliam,
British
Museum.
As
Paley
remarks
about
the
current
exhibition
at
the
Gerald
Peters
Gallery,
“This
exhibition
of
sculpture,
maquettes,
furniture
and
drawings
reflect
my
ongoing
dialogue
with
iron
and
steel.
Plastic
and
fluid,
yet
rigid
and
inorganic,
these
forms
reflect
paradox
and
a
complexity
of
contradictions
as
they
move
through
space.”
He
adds,
“The
aspect
of
synergy
and
contrast
amplify
and
reflect
their
essence:
the
ephemeral
mark
frozen
in
time.”
Broadly
published
and
an
international
lecturer,
Paley
received
both
is
BFA
and
MFA
from
the
Tyler
School
of
Art
in
Philadelphia.
He
received
honorary
doctorates
from
several
New
York
state
universities.
He
also
holds
an
endowed
chair
at
the
Rochester
Institute
of
Technology.
Contact: Abigail Von Schlegell, Gerald Peters Gallery,
(505) 954-5700 or avonschlegell@gpgallery.com
Digital reproduction images available upon request.
www.gpgallery.com
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