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Arlene Shechet<\/a>\u2019s abstract sculptures prove that ideas can\u2019t always be put into words.\u00a0 Sometimes resembling soft bodies or angular architecture but usually defying description, their slippery identities, alluring colors and varied surfaces encourage pondering, as do the artist\u2019s three new monumental sculptures at Pace Gallery<\/a>.\u00a0 Standing at 16, 11 and 10 feet high, \u2018Eve,\u2019 \u2018Flo\u2019 and \u2018Jewel\u2019 demand to be taken seriously, despite their curving forms and soothing green or rust tones.\u00a0 Coming on the heels of Shechet\u2019s \u2018Girl Group\u2019 exhibition of similarly sized sculpture in 2024 at Storm King Art Center, the new work rejects the high seriousness of 20th century modern abstraction in favor of complexity and humor. (On view in Chelsea through Oct 24th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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Arlene Shechet, installation view of \u2018She Said She Said\u2019 at Pace Gallery, Sept\/Oct 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arlene Shechet\u2019s abstract sculptures prove that ideas can\u2019t always be put into words.\u00a0 Sometimes resembling soft bodies or angular architecture but usually defying description, their slippery identities, alluring colors and varied surfaces encourage pondering, as do the artist\u2019s three new monumental sculptures at Pace Gallery.\u00a0 Standing at 16, 11 and 10 feet high, \u2018Eve,\u2019 \u2018Flo\u2019 … <\/p>\n

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