Overview

• Joel Shapiro died on June 14 at age 83, with his passing announced by Pace Gallery the following day.
• He had been battling acute myeloid leukemia, according to reports from The New York Times
• Over a five-decade career, he challenged Minimalism through dynamic figural works that originated in wood and were cast in bronze or aluminum.
• Shapiro was represented by Pace Gallery since 1992 and completed more than 30 public commissions for institutions including the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Kennedy Center.
• He left most of his pieces untitled to emphasize form as its own language and to explore balance and perception on a monumental scale.