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Looking Up – Tom Friedman

The Landing East

‘Looking Up’ is a larger-than-life sculpture of a figure contemplating the sky with a delightful sense of wonder and awe. Cast in highly polished stainless steel, the subject’s stance captures the familiar impulse to gaze up in admiration of a flying bird, a passing plane, or the iconic Sky Deck. The sculpture was cast in exquisite detail from a maquette originally fashioned by the artist from aluminium foil roasting trays. Friedman embraces the creases and lines of these malleable forms, transforming the domestic and disposable with an alchemic touch. Inviting viewers to look afresh at the familiar and the everyday. ‘Looking Up’ embodies the artist’s playful and exacting approach to art making.

The Artist

Tom Friedman (American, born 1965 in St. Louis, Missouri) currently lives and works in Massachusetts. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Washington University in 1988 and his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1990. Friedman’s recent solo exhibitions include Stephen Friedman Gallery, London; Luhring Augustine Bushwick, New York City; and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (all 2014); Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall (2010); the Saint Louis Art Museum and Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto (both 2009); and Lever House, New York City (2007). His work has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions internationally, including Arts & Foods at La Triennale di Milano, curated by Germano Celant (2015); the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City (both 2012); the Geffen Contemporary at MoCA, Los Angeles (2005); and the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, and the Serpentine Gallery, London (both 2000).

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