Saint Clair Cemin
Saint Clair Cemin | |
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Born | 1951 Cruz Alta, Brazil |
Education | École Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris 1975-78 |
Website | saintclaircemin |
Saint Clair Cemin (born
Life and work
Saint Clair Cemin lives and works in New York City and Beijing. His work encompasses multiple styles, approaches, and materials, from neo-surrealism to furniture to toys in popular culture to the history of sculpture.[1]
Cemin became interested in sculpting as a teenager. Once interested in philosophy and physics, he began to focus his attention on art, drawing and working on illustrations for magazines.[2]
Cemin earned his degree at
In 2012 Saint Clair Cemin had a public exhibition of works along Broadway in Manhattan.[3] Of the several works exhibited on Broadway one "vortex" at the corner of 57th street and Broadway, stood some 40 feet tall.[5]
Publications
In 2005,
Public monuments
In 1990 Saint Clair Cemins' first public sculpture was installed in the town of Reston, Virginia. Since then he has had large public monuments installed throughout the world, including "Open" in Schaumburg, Illinois, "Tree" in Bergen, Norway, "Spring" in Båstads Kommun, Sweden.[6] The monument, "Supercuia", pictured aside, is in Porto Alegre, Brazil and was completed in 2003.[7] He received the Biennial Award from the Ueno Royal Museum and the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Japan in 1995.[8]
Collections
Saint Clair Cemin's work is included in the collections of the
References
- ^ Brenson, Michael (21 September 1990). "Review/Art; Wide Sculptural World Of Saint Clair Cemin". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ Bomb Magazine.
- ^ a b Spears, Dorothy (29 August 2012). "Works Culled From Wanderlust Find a Home". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Dasein Chair". Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ Frost, Emily (11 September 2012). "Surrealist Sculptures Pop Up Along Broadway Mall". DNAinfo New York. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Saint-Clair Cemin, Brazilian (1951 - )". RoGallery.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Supercuia". Saint Clair Cemin. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Saint Clair Cemin". cheimread.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ "Selected Artists". The Broad Art Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- Milazzo, Richard (October 2005). Saint Clair Cemin: Sculptor from Cruz Alta. New York: Brent Sikkema Editions.
- Chambers, Christopher Hart (January–February 2009). "Waltz of the Apparitions: A Conversation with Saint Clair Cemin". Sculpture.