Jason Seley
Jason Seley (* 1919 in Newark , New Jersey , USA ; † 1983 in New York City ) was an American sculptor .
life and work
Jason Seley studied from 1943 to 1945 at the Art Students League in New York with Ossip Zadkine . From 1947 to 1949 he still studied at Le Center d'Art in Haiti . In 1950 he received a Fulbright scholarship to study in France . He also traveled to Italy and was impressed there by Andrea del Verrocchio's equestrian statue Colleoni , which would influence his future work as a sculptor.
His preferred material for his sculptures was chrome-plated steel, usually made from automobile bumpers . He used it to form intricate, abstract, almost organic-looking sculptures. In 1964, some of his works were represented in the sculpture department at documenta III in Kassel .
He was a professor at Hofstra , New York University and was Dean of the Art School at Cornell University for many years until his death in 1983.
Literature and Sources
- documenta III. International exhibition ; Catalog: Volume 1: Painting and Sculpture; Volume 2: Hand Drawings; Volume 3: Industrial Design, Graphics; Kassel / Cologne 1964
Web links
- Examples of his work
- Examples of his work
- Materials by and about Jason Seley in the documenta archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seley, Jason |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sculptor and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newark , New Jersey , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1983 |
| Place of death | New York City |