George Segal Artist Process. George segal constructs a type of human form and vulnerability that feels rare in the world of sculpture. Segal carefully cuts and removes the completed upper‐torso cast.
His tableaux are reflections on the individual and her/his place in 20th century society. This interview is part of the archives' oral history program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the united states, primarily through interviews with. These forms were not used as molds;
He plays on the permeability of spaces, inviting the viewer to enter into a.
George segal was born in 1924 in new york city and died from cancer in june, 2000, at the age of 75. George segal constructs a type of human form and vulnerability that feels rare in the world of sculpture. Led by meyer schapiro and george segal, the artist’s studio gifts us with an intimate conversation between the art historian and the artist as they discuss segal’s plaster sculptures in relation to the european tradition and to contemporaries, from giotto to abstract expressionism. Man sitting at a table marked the discovery of a new sculptural technique and a turning point in the artist’s career.