Jene Highstein Exhibition at Clocktower in June Follows Recent ArtHelix Show and Celebrates Postminimalist Legacy
An exhibition featuring the early works of Jene Highstein, who passed away from lung cancer on April 27, 2013, is set to take place at the Clocktower in Lower Manhattan this June. This event follows a February showcase at ArtHelix in Bushwick, curated by Bonnie Rychlak, which highlighted his recent drawings inspired by Cape Breton. Born in Baltimore in 1942, Highstein's artistic journey was profoundly influenced by his 2002 trip to Cape Breton. Over a 50-year career, he created significant large-scale sculptures, including Grey Clam (1990/2001) and Oblong Voidspace (2003). A graduate of the University of Chicago and the New York Studio School, he held his first exhibition in 1968 and received four NEA awards along with a Guggenheim Fellowship. His art is housed in prominent institutions, such as MoMA.
Key facts
- Jene Highstein died on April 27, 2013 from lung cancer at his upstate farm.
- An exhibition of his early works opens at the Clocktower in Lower Manhattan in June 2013.
- A selection of his Cape Breton drawings was shown at ArtHelix in Bushwick in late February 2013, curated by Bonnie Rychlak.
- Highstein first visited Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in 2002 and bought land there, inspired by its light and wildness.
- His career spanned almost 50 years, featuring large-scale Postminimalist sculptures in materials like metal, stone, and concrete.
- He created Grey Clam (1990/2001) for the Wanås Foundation in Sweden and Oblong Voidspace (2003) with Steven Holl in Finland.
- Highstein studied philosophy at the University of Chicago and art at the New York Studio School and Royal Academy Schools in London.
- He received four National Endowment for the Arts awards and a Guggenheim Fellowship, with works in every major New York museum.
Entities
Artists
- Jene Highstein
- Bonnie Rychlak
- Steven Holl
- Jeffrey Lew
- Gordon Matta-Clark
- Richard Nonas
- Alan Saret
- Mary Heilmann
- Vito Acconci
Institutions
- Clocktower
- ArtHelix
- Wanås Foundation
- ELD Dance Company
- Lisson Gallery
- 112 Greene Street
- Holly Solomon
- Ace Gallery
- Texas Gallery
- Danese
- University Art Museum, Berkeley
- Philips Collection
- MoMA PS1
- Madison Square Park
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- University of Maryland
- University of Chicago
- New York Studio School
- Royal Academy Schools
Locations
- Lower Manhattan
- Bushwick
- North Carolina
- Cape Breton
- Nova Scotia
- Sweden
- Finland
- Stockholm
- Baltimore
- Maryland
- London
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Houston
- Berkeley
- California
- Washington, D.C.