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The Expulsion
(1986-7)
The moment when Adam and Eve
were expelled from the Garden of Eden pathos and
emotion of Renaissance interpretations. The dominant
element of the tableau is the painted backdrop and the
nude man and woman, holding leaves in front of their
private parts.
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Segal,
George
(1924-2000), American sculptor, known for his life-size
white plaster casts of human figures. Segal was born in New
York City. His plaster figures, left rough and unfinished
with vague, indistinct features, are placed in mundane or
lonely sculptural settings, such as elevators and
diners.
He was the
winner of a competition for the design of a Holocaust
memorial.
Full-length
sculptures by Segal sell for $125,000 and up.
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Walking
Man
1994
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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The
Legend of Lot
1958,
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Cézanne Still Life No. 4
1981
Painted plaster, wood, metal. Courtesy
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
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Appalachian Couple
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Katie
1997
Polychromed Polyvinyl
68.0 x 18.0 x 13.0 in.
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Mother
with Child
Polyvinyl, oil paint, natural hair,
life-size
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| Chronology
of George Segal
1924 -- born in New York.
1940 -- moved with family to South Brunswick, New Jersey.
1941-42 -- studied the Cooper Union of Art and Architecture in
Manhattan, obtaining his diploma in 1944.
1942 to 1946 -- studied philosophy and literature part-time at
Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
1946 -- married Helen Steinberg.
1947-48 -- studied at the Pratt Institute of Design, Brooklyn
1948-49 -- studied at the Educational Facility of the New York
University, graduating BS Art Education.
1955 -- taught at Highland Park Community Center
1956 -- first one-man exhibition at the Hansa Gallery
1957 -- represented at the exhibition The New York School: Second
Generation at the Jewish Museum, New York.
1958 -- began experimenting with plaster, burlap and wire mesh.
1961 -- taught painting at New Brunswick discovering the technique
of using medical bandages as material for his art and used himself
as a model for Man at a Table, his first plaster cast using
bandages.
1961 -- 1964 -- taught at Roosevelt Junior High School.
1963 -- received a Master of Fine Arts from Rutgers
University and traveled in Europe.
1963 --exhibited at the Galerie Ileana Sonnabend.
1968 -- had his first one-man museum exhibition at the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago, and was represented at the documenta
"4", Kassel.
1968 -1969 -- taught visual art and sculpture at Princetown
University.
1970 -- was awarded the degree of honorary doctor at Rutgers
University.
1971-72 he had a retrospective at Zurich, Munich, Cologne,
Rotterdam, Paris, Leverkusen and Tübingen.
1972 -- was Associate Guest Professor at City University, New
York.
1977 -- worked on a sculpture for the Franklin D. Roosevelt
monument in Washington.
1978 -- was given a comprehensive retrospective at Minneapolis,
San Francisco and New York.
1979 -- published a pamphlet on plaster cast technique in Rome
which was brought out by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1982 -- retrospective of his work toured Japan.
1983 -- designed a cover for Time magazine.
2000 -- Died
1988: "Figure it Out: Visual
Body Language," Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
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