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Fred Eversley is an American artist known for his dynamic glass sculptures inspired by space and engineering. Born in 1941 in Brooklyn, New York, Eversley initially trained as an engineer and worked for NASA before shifting his focus to art. He became associated with the Light and Space movement in the 1960s and 1970s, which explored perceptual phenomena and the interplay of light, space, and materials.
Eversley’s sculptures are characterized by their sleek, geometric forms and their innovative use of industrial materials such as polyester resin and cast acrylic. Through meticulous craftsmanship, he creates objects that interact with light and space, captivating viewers with their optical illusions and atmospheric effects. Eversley’s work is internationally acclaimed, showcased in collections at the Guggenheim, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
The project, Untitled, advances the artist’s remarkably innovative work in the graphic arts, and exemplifies his ongoing interest in making a kinetic experience in a form that is otherwise non-kinetic. As the two-dimensional print on clear polyester film is transformed into a three-dimensional work, the project’s metaphysical complexity, composition, and shifting physicality are intensified. In sculpting the principal element of Untitled, while the print, itself, is turned into a concave shape, an hourglass is produced by two concave lines. Movement and variations in transparency abound in this lyrical project that evokes the artist’s luminous cast polyester lenses.
The internationally acclaimed Fred Eversley has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including Fred Eversley: Reflecting Back (the World) at the Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, CA, and Fred Eversley: Black, White, Gray, which was a collaboration between Art + Practice, Mark Bradford’s Los Angeles, CA, art center, and the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. Following that exhibition, the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, mounted Fred Eversley, 50 Years an Artist, Light & Space & Energy. The artist’s first public artwork in New York, presented by Public Art Fund at Doris C. Freedman Plaza in Central Park, Fred Eversley: Parabolic Light, is currently on view through August.
Eversley’s artworks have also been included in major recent group exhibitions, such as Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1970, at J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, and Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, DE; Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980, at Hammer Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY, and Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA; and Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, which was organized by Tate Modern, London, UK, in collaboration with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, and Brooklyn Museum, NY; works of art have, additionally, been acquired by many institutions, including Long Beach Museum of Art, CA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; Milwaukee Art Museum, WI; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
