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'Fourth Frond' cast bronze sculpture by Terence Main, 1991, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Terence Main is an American modernist sculptor who was born in 1954. He is best known for the cast metal sculptural furniture that he has been making for more than 20 years. He challenges the boundaries between sculpture and commercial design. His objects accommodates the human body, but are sculpture first and furniture secondarily.

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2008 Design Miami/New York, Magen H Gallery, New York, NY.
    Art Basel, via Magen H Gallery, Switzerland.
    Design London, via Magen H Gallery, Berkeley Square, London.
  • 2007 Structure Et Surface, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY.
  • Art Basel Miami, Miami Beach, FL.
    International Exposition of Sculptural Objects & Functional Art, New York, NY.
  • 2006 Design Miami/Basel, Miami Beach, FL.
  • 2005 Modernism, 7th Army Regiment, New York, NY.
  • 2003 Significant Objects, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
    The Sculpted Seat, Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, NY.
    Group Exhibition, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY.
  • 2002 A Century of Design, Part IV, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
    Magnet, Yassine Art Gallery, Dakar, Senegal.
  • 2000 Important Postwar and Contemporary Design, Icon 20, New York, NY.
  • 1996 Form Over Function, (from the collection of Sydney & Frances Lewis)
    Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA.
  • 1994 Modern Furniture, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
  • 1993 Modern Metal Work, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
  • 1988 Hellbenders, Art et Industrie, New York, NY.
  • 1982 Third Stream - Main+Main , Art et Industrie, New York, NY.

Solo exhibitions

  • 2002 Terra Incognita, Installation at 143 West 26th Street, NYC
  • 1997 Guerrillas, Art et Industrie, NYC
  • 1991 InfIorescence, Art et Industrie, NYC
  • 1990 Exhibition Evolution: from New York, Manufactory Gallery, Tokyo
  • 1989 Apparitions, Art et Industrie, NYC
  • 1983 The Future Isn't What It Used To Be, International Design Conference, Aspen, CO
  • 1982 Third Stream - Main+Main, Art et Industrie, NY, NY

References

  • Ash, John and Rick Kaufmann, Terence Main, Terrestrial Tale, New York, Art et Industrie, 1996.
  • terencemain.com [1]
  • Magen H Gallery [2]
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