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David Shapiro's work is characterized as transcending the medium: intensely spiritual, intellectual, and visually refined. In the painting Mirror (4), he integrates opposites--the material with the spiritual, humanity's inner and outer worlds. With its elegant vertical format, the work explores male-female dualities through contrasting textures constructed by incessantly working the painted surface.
Shapiro studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and earned an M.F.A. from Indiana University in Bloomington.
Source: News, January February 1999.
DimensionsOverall: 84 × 60 in. (213.4 × 152.4 cm)
Accession Number 1998.48
Classificationspainting
Copyright©Joel Shapiro/Artists Right Society (ARS), New York
InscriptionsDavid Shapiro c. 1990 "Mirror" (4), acc 84 x 60", "In praise of Shadows" (verso)
