Jessica Stockholder

Angled Triangle

Jessica Stockholder uses common materials, found in any hardware store, to create crazy quilt-like installations whose colorful forms and complex shapes upend our expectations about the logic of three-dimensional space. She is one of the most noted sculptors of her generation, breaking down the gendered barriers that drive much dialogue around large, muscular sculpture. Her large-scale indoor and outdoor commissions defy our expectations of controlled social space, freeing the viewer up to discover quirky tableaux as they circulate around her works. Stockholders wall sculptures are charming, if sly, comments on how we create our own spaces, cobbling together shapes and textures the way birds build their nests.

Angled Tangle uses materials typically found in the streetthe bollards and curbs that control how we navigate our channels of travel. She tops her playful maze with a tangle of bright lights, giving us a new outdoor room in which we can romp. Stockholder reclaims public spaces away from the rational calculations of urban planners, and restores a sense of cheer for adults as we navigate the demands of daily lifesuggesting that play should be part of our adult world.

Jessica Stockholder uses common materials, found in any hardware store, to create crazy quilt-like installations whose colorful forms and complex shapes upend our expectations about the logic of three-dimensional space. She is one of the most noted sculptors of her generation, breaking down the gendered barriers that drive much dialogue around large, muscular sculpture. Her large-scale indoor and outdoor commissions defy our expectations of controlled social space, freeing the viewer up to discover quirky tableaux as they circulate around her works. Stockholders wall sculptures are charming, if sly, comments on how we create our own spaces, cobbling together shapes and textures the way birds build their nests.

Angled Tangle uses materials typically found in the streetthe bollards and curbs that control how we navigate our channels of travel. She tops her playful maze with a tangle of bright lights, giving us a new outdoor room in which we can romp. Stockholder reclaims public spaces away from the rational calculations of urban planners, and restores a sense of cheer for adults as we navigate the demands of daily lifesuggesting that play should be part of our adult world.

Jessica Stockholder uses common materials, found in any hardware store, to create crazy quilt-like installations whose colorful forms and complex shapes upend our expectations about the logic of three-dimensional space. She is one of the most noted sculptors of her generation, breaking down the gendered barriers that drive much dialogue around large, muscular sculpture. Her large-scale indoor and outdoor commissions defy our expectations of controlled social space, freeing the viewer up to discover quirky tableaux as they circulate around her works. Stockholders wall sculptures are charming, if sly, comments on how we create our own spaces, cobbling together shapes and textures the way birds build their nests.

Angled Tangle uses materials typically found in the streetthe bollards and curbs that control how we navigate our channels of travel. She tops her playful maze with a tangle of bright lights, giving us a new outdoor room in which we can romp. Stockholder reclaims public spaces away from the rational calculations of urban planners, and restores a sense of cheer for adults as we navigate the demands of daily lifesuggesting that play should be part of our adult world.

Jessica Stockholder

Jessica Stockholder

Angled Triangle

Exhibition

Exhibition

Materials & Dimensions

Materials & Dimensions

Steel, aluminum, auto paint, plastic bollards, wood chips

480 x 240 x 144 inches

Year

Year

2014

Site

Site

401 W Wisconsin Ave.

Credits

Credits

Courtesy Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago.

Tony Tasset

Arrow Sculpture

Tony Tasset

Arrow Sculpture

Tony Tasset

Arrow Sculpture

Tony Tasset

Mood Sculpture

Tony Tasset

Mood Sculpture

Tony Tasset

Mood Sculpture

Manolo Valdes

Reina Mariana

Manolo Valdes

Reina Mariana

Manolo Valdes

Reina Mariana

thank you

To our generous sponsors, partners, collaborators, and supporters who make our work possible.

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Sponsors

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Anonymous
Donna & Donald Baumgartner*
Black Box Fund
Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation
Susan & Mark Irgens*
Mellowes Family*
Sue & Bud Selig*
Julie & David Uihlein*

sculpture

Wayne & Lori Morgan

Visionary

George & Karen Oliver

Exhibition Partner

leader

Anonymous
Baird Center
Heil Family Foundation
Godfrey & Kahn

Collaborator

Betty Arndt
City of Milwaukee Arts Board
Kelli Gabel & Craig Karmazin
GRAEF
Guardian Fine Art Services
Hawks Landscaping
Mark Jungers
New Land Enterprises
Raymond & Barbara Krueger
ManpowerGroup
National Endowment for the Arts
Nonprofit Management Fund
Austin Ramirez
Syslogic Inc
Wisconsin Arts Board

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thank you

To our generous sponsors, partners, collaborators, and supporters who make our work possible.

presenting

Founding & Sustaining
Sponsors

* indicates both Founding and sustaining founding sponsor

Anonymous
Donna & Donald Baumgartner*
Black Box Fund
Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation
Susan & Mark Irgens*
Mellowes Family*
Sue & Bud Selig*
Julie & David Uihlein*

sculpture

Wayne & Lori Morgan

Visionary

George & Karen Oliver

Exhibition Partner

leader

Anonymous
Baird Center
Heil Family Foundation
Godfrey & Kahn

Collaborator

Betty Arndt
City of Milwaukee Arts Board
Kelli Gabel & Craig Karmazin
GRAEF
Guardian Fine Art Services
Hawks Landscaping
Mark Jungers
New Land Enterprises
Raymond & Barbara Krueger
ManpowerGroup
National Endowment for the Arts
Nonprofit Management Fund
Austin Ramirez
Syslogic Inc
Wisconsin Arts Board

Connector

BMO
Foley & Lardner
Imagine MKE
MajicPro
Milwaukee Magazine
Open Pantry
PNC Bank
PwC
Russ Darrow Group
Town Bank
US Bank
WeycoGroup
Woman's Club of Wisconsin Foundation

Sculpture Milwaukee is always free and open to the public thanks to our generous supporters.

We work with trusted community partners to ensure great contemporary art is accessible to all.

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thank you

To our generous sponsors, partners, collaborators, and supporters who make our work possible.

presenting

Founding & Sustaining
Sponsors

* indicates both Founding and sustaining founding sponsor

Anonymous
Donna & Donald Baumgartner*
Black Box Fund
Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation
Susan & Mark Irgens*
Mellowes Family*
Sue & Bud Selig*
Julie & David Uihlein*

sculpture

Wayne & Lori Morgan

Visionary

George & Karen Oliver

Exhibition Partner

leader

Anonymous
Baird Center
Heil Family Foundation
Godfrey & Kahn

Collaborator

Betty Arndt
City of Milwaukee Arts Board
Kelli Gabel & Craig Karmazin
GRAEF
Guardian Fine Art Services
Hawks Landscaping
Mark Jungers
New Land Enterprises
Raymond & Barbara Krueger
ManpowerGroup
National Endowment for the Arts
Nonprofit Management Fund
Austin Ramirez
Syslogic Inc
Wisconsin Arts Board

Connector

BMO
Foley & Lardner
Imagine MKE
MajicPro
Milwaukee Magazine
Open Pantry
PNC Bank
PwC
Russ Darrow Group
Town Bank
US Bank
WeycoGroup
Woman's Club of Wisconsin Foundation

Sculpture Milwaukee is always free and open to the public thanks to our generous supporters.

We work with trusted community partners to ensure great contemporary art is accessible to all.

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