jane manus
DESCRIPTION
Jane Manus' vibrant sculptures seamlessly integrate disparate elements of geometry, thereby truly transforming the spaces that they inhabit. Dynamic shapes and massive forms penetrate the viewer’s space, and seem to move and change in appearance due to their extreme three- dimensionality. Abstract though they are, Manus’ sculptures also retain an unyielding expressive character that gives each work a life and spirit of its own.TRANSCRIPT
Jane Manus
Jane Manus
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Masterworks by Jane Manus
Some time ago, during the first Art Basel/Miami, I became aware of the sophisticated
sculpture of Jane Manus. In 2007, as Director of Visual Arts at Lincoln Center for
the Performing Arts, I commissioned Jane to create a dynamic little work titled
“Box Trot,” which seemed to dance across it’s pedestal. Jane Manus masterfully
creates sleek metal sculpture suggesting movement and often with a playful and
witty visual commentary. The purity of form, confident manipulation of material and
beautifully finished colorful surface beckon the viewer to engage in a wonderful visual
experience.
Jane Manus creates innovative works that fit perfectly into the tradition of American
sculpture as she explores the endless possibilities of form. Her credits are many and
her works are to be found in distinguished public and private collections.
T H o M A S W . L o L L A r
Artist, Curator, Professor
New York
Think Big, 2011
painted welded aluminum
198 x 48 x 60 in
503 x 122 x 152 cm
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Jane Manus: Constructing Space
Jane Manus, who grew up and now lives in Florida, studied at the Art Institute of
Boston, where she became fascinated with making welded metal sculpture. Manus
works in the traditions of russian Constructionism, a movement whose aesthetic of
constructed sculpture she shares in her quest to create new spaces with abstract
yet concrete, usually asymmetric, form. She cites as her influences, in fact, “the
Constructivists, Mondrian, Mark di Suvero, David Smith, Louise Nevelson, Louise
Bourgeois and Beverly Pepper,” all artists who also sought new spatial depth, height,
and breadth.
Propelled by this creative impulse during the past four decades, she continues to
investigate the nature and effect of tensions between the artfully connected plane
geometry of triangle, square, and rectangle, so conjoined as to conjure up a complex
and prismatically shifting array of implicit, transparent spaces and paradoxically
insubstantial solid forms. “Vacant” space delineated by a triangle becomes, from
another point of view, rectangular and even square. The viewer, therefore, assumes
the role of an active, life-giving participant in the ever-shifting construction of spaces
that combine the clarity and logic imparted by pure forms with the wonder and
mystery of their dissolution and reformation.
By way of visual cues, mental nudges to a would-be passive viewer to become an
active circumambulator, the works, though balanced and definite, always contain an
element of perceptual irregularity; herein lies the thoughtfulness and playfulness that
lie at the core of Manus’s work. A metal line emphatically appears only to escape;
a resting cube forms then teeters; or a triangle, at one instant supports, then at
another collapses. Jane Manus’s materials, though concrete and heavy in themselves,
become the vehicle for an art of sprightly wit and intellectual gymnastics that revels
in its inner contradictions and gradually revealed permutations. Manus does not
hide the hardware required to make her works; rather, she delights in the nuts and
bolts of her unabashedly constructed art. She gives her aluminum pieces a reflective
patina or paints them in uninhibited colors: red, blue, yellow, black, or white. The
exuberant finishes and the unconcealed stratagems by which Manus fashions her
pieces encourage the viewer to see the sculpture in linear terms, that is, as cradles
of firm, rational lines, but ironically they also precipitate movement, and thereby, the
perception of interpenetrating, insubstantial spaces.
Though non-representational, Manus’s sculptures rely on easily apparent,
recognizable, and symbolic shapes, such as an arrow or an X. The geometrical
components of square, circle, and triangle are set into physical space; yet, the
addition of vertical, horizontal, or diagonal and their angled placement activates and
energizes them. As the viewer moves around them, nearer to them, or further away
from them, they form and reform figures that are abstract yet meaningful. Line only
defines a shape in relations to the viewer, and the viewer, thus implicated, is enmeshed
into the visual fabric of Manus’s art. Sharp lines assume volume as Manus creates an
architectural arrangement of boundaries in the air. Unwittingly, the viewer becomes
the fabricator of a planar design pregnant with volumetric and symbolic suggestion.
Manus’s materials also reflect a duality between intent and realization. Emphatically
non-organic, her works are bolted and locked into place, literally frozen into position;
yet their surfaces make them aggressive and animated. Eschewing the blues and
greens, brown and tans, of earth and sky, water and foliage, they insist on their own
transcendence. All angles and planes, diagonals and orthogonals, they abjure the
softening curve and the eliding arc that suggest organic form, human and terrestrial.
Manus’s sculptures, if not rooted to the ground, are fixed to it, placed there by a clever
hand. They thrust themselves into the air and carve out a piece of the space that we
inhabit. Each is an essay in gravity and movement, substance and rhythm, with some
elements slicing downwards, others gliding across the horizon, and still others surging
toward the heavens. Perhaps because of the industrial materials, the flat, enamel-like
paint, and the syncopated, robotic movements of their shapes, Manus’s works are
somehow at odds with their setting. Nevertheless, they are meant to be seen in the
ever-changing conditions of the out of doors. At once static and activated by light,
they measure the play of shadow and the passage of time on their boldly colored,
reflective surfaces. The viewer is a participant, fabricator, and thus a collaborator. In
gazing, we penetrate space within space, and shape form within form, though the
object of that refracted vision is riveted to the earth like a post-industrial creature
whose substance is mind as much as matter. The tension between the rigidity and
unpredictable, mutable transfigurations of each work is ultimately a metaphor about
the human condition and humanity’s spiritual aspirations. Behind its mute abstractions,
Manus’s art speaks of the illusory nature of what we see and what we know: of
certainty and mystery.
W I L L I A M U N D E r W o o D E I L A N D
Director, Georgia Museum of Art
This essay, now adapted and updated to reflect Jane Manus’s recent work, first
appeared in “Jane Manus, Sculptor” (exh. brochure, April 14-August 16, 1996, Georgia
Museum of Art, University of Georgia)
The Works2 010 – 2 012
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Screams Big, 2011
painted welded aluminum
147 x 97 x 32 ½ in
373 x 246 x 83 cm
10
Zaney, 2012
painted welded aluminum
13 x 24 x 12 in
33 x 61 x 31 cm
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Thor, 2010
painted welded aluminum
32 x 20 x 18 in
81 x 51 x 46 cm
14
Tilt un Tilt, 2010
painted welded aluminum
72 x 36 x 42 in
183 x 91 x 107 cm
Private Collection, NY
16
Slide, 2011
polished welded aluminum
6 x 11 x 3 in
15 x 28 x 8 cm
Sunny, 2012
painted welded aluminum
29 ½ x 10 x 6 in
75 x 25 x 15 cm
Black X, 2012
painted welded aluminum
18 x 24 x 9 in
46 x 61 x 23 cm
18
Black + Brushed, 2010
brushed and painted welded aluminum
59 x 35 x 4 in, each
150 x 89 x 10 cm, each
20
Last Letter, 2011
painted welded aluminum
72 x 48 x 144 in
183 x 122 x 366 cm
22
Blocks, 2012
painted welded aluminum
25 x15 x10 in
64 x 38 x 25 cm
King, 2012
painted welded aluminum
29 ½ x 10 x 6 in
75 x 25 x 15 cm
24
red, 2010
painted welded aluminum
43 x 47 x 28 in
109 x 119 x 71 cm
26
Sunrise, 2011
painted welded aluminum
73 x 34 x 32 in
185 x 86 x 81 cm
28
Guitar, 2011
brushed welded aluminum
36 x 64 x 4 in
91 x 163 x 10 cm
30
White Box, 2011
painted welded aluminum
120 x 42 x 84 in
305 x 107 x 213 cm
32
The Chair, 2011
painted welded aluminum and leather
30 x 18 x 17 in
76 x 46 x 43 cm
Edition of 4 + 2AP
34
Thanks For The Flowers, 2011
painted welded aluminum
45 x 24 x 11 in
114 x 61 x 28 cm
Private Collection, West Hartford, CT
Tracy, 2011
painted welded aluminum
48 x 66 x 24 in
122 x 168 x 61 cm
36
Yawn, 2010
painted welded aluminum
9 ½ x 11 x 4 in
24 x 28 x 10 cm
Box-Inc., 2010`
painted welded aluminum
32 x 22 x 3 ½ in
81 x 56 x 9 cm
Junior, 2012
painted welded aluminum
6 x 12 x14 in
15 x 31 x 36 cm
38
room with a View, 2012
painted welded aluminum
27 ½ x 6 x 6 in
24 x 71 x 10 cm
40
Guiding Wall, 2011
painted welded aluminum
82 x 27 x 4 in
208 x 69 x 10 cm
Arielle, 2012
painted welded aluminum
66 ½ x 15 x 3 ½ in
169 x 38 x 9 cm
42
Blue Man Standing, 2010
painted welded aluminum
35 ½ x 14 x 12 in
90 x 36 x 31 cm
44
Bailout, 2011
painted welded aluminum
13 x 65 x 4 in
33 x 165 x 10 cm
Double C, 2011
painted welded aluminum
46 x 65 x 3 in
117 x 165 x 8 cm
46
Danielle, 2011
painted welded aluminum
72 x 78 x 42 in
183 x 198 x 107 cm
48
on a Clear Day, 2011
painted welded aluminum
20 x 18 ½ x 10 in
51 x 47 x 25 cm
Maquette for Zaney, 2011
welded painted aluminum
6 ½ x 12 x 6 in
17 x 31 x 15 cm
The Works2 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 9
52
7027, 2001
painted welded aluminum
168 x 120 x 72 in
427 x 305 x 183 cm
Private Collection, Boca Raton, FL
54
440, 2000
painted welded aluminum
83 x 56 x 51 in
211 x 142 x 130 cm
Private Collection, Baltimore, MD
56
98 In The Shade, 2009
painted welded aluminum
78 x 60 x 112 in
198 x 152 x 285 cm
Say Ah, 2007
painted welded aluminum
8 ½ x 6 x 5 in
22 x 15 x 13 cm
Edition of 3 + 1 AP
58
Blue, 2009
painted welded aluminum
16 x 35 x 6 in
41 x 92 x 36 cm
60
Caution, 2009
painted welded aluminum
46 x 34 x 5 in
117 x 86 x 13 cm
Private Collection, Toronto, Canada
62
Gone Fishing, 2009
painted welded aluminum
164 x 136 x 88 in
417 x 345 x 224 cm
Private Collection, Longboat Key, FL
64
Untitled, 2001
painted welded aluminum
47 x 174 x 10 in
119 x 442 x 25 cm
Private Collection Baltimore, MD
Wall Street, 1997
brushed welded aluminum
102 x 196 x 24 in
259 x 498 x 61 cm
Private Collection Baltimore, MD
66
Legs, 2009
brushed aluminum
18 x 23 x 8 in
46 x 58 x 20 cm
Duet, 2007
painted welded aluminum
8 ½ x 13 x 3 in
22 x 33 x 8 cm
Edition of 4
68
red Hot, 2009
painted welded aluminum
85 x 26 x 6 in
216 x 66 x 15 cm
Almost Like Dancing, 2005
painted welded aluminum
37 x 24 x 3 in
94 x 61 x 8 cm
Private collection, New York, NY
70
rob’s House, 2009
painted welded aluminum
120 x 138 x 84 in
305 x 351 x 213 cm
Private Collection, Boca Raton, FL
72
Homage to Al, 2008
painted welded aluminum
148 x 40 x 40 in
376 x 102 x 102 cm
Collection of The Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
74
Spellbound, 2008
painted welded aluminum
72 x 72 x 34 in
183 x 183 x 86 cm
76
Box Trot, 2007
brushed welded aluminum
13 x 11 x 4 in
33 x 30 x 10 cm
Edition of 27 + 9 AP
Lincoln Center List Collection, New York, NY
78
Juggler, 2008
painted welded aluminum
64 x 35 ½ x 26 in
163 x 90 x 66 cm
Private Collection, Boca Raton, FL
80
Time out, 2008
painted welded aluminum
83 x 60 x 60 in
211 x 152 x 152 cm
82
Black Licorice, 2006
painted welded aluminum
84 x 24 x 42 in
213 x 61 x 107 cm
Collection of Syracuse University Art Museum, Syracuse, NY
84
Desk, 2009
brushed aluminum and glass
29 x 48 x 20 in
74 x 122 x 51 cm
Console, 2006
brushed welded aluminum and glass
36 x 44 x 12 in
91 x 112 x 31 cm
Jane’s Bench, 2000
brushed welded aluminum and wood
16 x 44 x 14 in
41 x 112 x 36 cm
86
Extended, 2005
painted welded aluminum
72 x 136 x 48 in
183 x 345 x 122 cm
88
Walk The Line, 2005
brushed welded aluminum
74 x 10 x 58 in
188 x 25 x 147 cm
90
Sasha Blonde, 2004
painted welded aluminum
64 x 35 ½ x 26 in
163 x 90 x 66 cm
92
Summer In The City, 2004
painted welded aluminum
87 x 34 ½ x 42 in
221 x 88 x 107 cm
Private Collection, Atlanta, GA
94
Inside out, 2003
brushed welded aluminum and paint
48 x 25 x 30 in
122 x 64 x 76 cm
Private Collection, Baltimore, MD
96
rear Window, 2002
painted welded aluminum
96 x 127 x 60 in
244 x 323 x 152 cm
Private Collection, Baltimore, MD
98
Notorius, 2003
painted welded aluminum
114 x 105 x 62 in
290 x 267 x 158 cm
100
Mellow, 2001
painted welded aluminum
78 x 38 x 14 in
198 x 97 x 36 cm
Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Higher Form, 2001
painted welded aluminum
73 x 40 x 20 in
185 x 102 x 51 cm
102
Before The Wedding, 2000
painted welded aluminum
65 x 36 x 6 in
165 x 91 x 10 cm
Private Collection
Big City, 2000
painted welded aluminum
40 x 22 x 16 in
102 x 56 x 41 cm
104
on The rocks, 2000
painted welded aluminum
81 x 29 x 36 in
206 x 74 x 91 cm
Private Collection, Baltimore, MD
rooster, 2000
78 x 32 x 28 in
198 x 81 x 71 cm
Cleveland Clinic Collection, Cleveland, OH
The Works19 9 1 – 19 9 9
108
Ann, 1999
welded bronze
8 x 11 x 8 in
20 x 28 x 20 cm
Edition of 3
Private Collection
110
Just one Drink, 1999
9 x12 x 3 ½ in
23 x 31 x 9 cm
Sun Trust Building, Winter Park, FL
Collection of Cornell of Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, FL
112
Allure, 1999
painted welded aluminum
114 x 5 x 86 ½ in
290 x 13 x 220 cm
Sun Trust Building, Winter Park, FL
Collection of Cornell of Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, FL
114
Stress I, 1991
brushed welded aluminum
124 x 60 x 32 in
315 x 152 x 81 cm
Private Collection, Jupiter, FL
116
rene’s Chair, 1995
painted welded aluminum
72 x 4 x 24 in
183 x 10 x 61 cm
Collection of Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
118
End of the Day, 1999
painted welded aluminum
86 x 53 x 42 in
218 x 135 x 107 cm
Vero Beach Museum, Vero, FL
120
Franco, 1999
painted welded aluminum
20 x 57 x 8 in
51 x 145 x 20 cm
Private Collection, Baltimore, MD
Trailer Man, 1998
painted welded aluminum
26 x 26 x 26 in
66 x 66 x 66 cm
122
Wall Street, 1997
brushed welded aluminum
102 x 196 x 24 in
259 x 498 x 61 cm
Private Collection Baltimore, MD
124
No Accent IV, 1996
brushed welded aluminum
108 x 186 x 96 in
274 x 472 x 244 cm
Collection of Flint Museum of Art, Flint, MI
126
Matte Black II, 1994
painted welded aluminum
46 x 135 x 6 in
117 x 342 x 15 cm
Collection of the Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
128
White A, 1993
painted welded aluminum
111 x 80 x 60 in
282 x 203 x 152 cm
Collection of the City of Winter Park, FL
130
So Inclined, 1991
welded bronze
114 x 60 x 48 in
290 x 152 x 122 cm
Collection of American Bankers Insurance, Miami, FL
132
Stress III, 1991
painted welded aluminum
73 x 46 x 48 in
185 x 117 x 122 cm
Private Collection, Palm Beach, FL
The Works19 8 4 – 19 8 9
136
Broken open, 1986
painted welded aluminum
90 x 90 x 66 in
229 x 229 x 168 cm
Collection of Art in Public Places, Delray Beach, FL
138
Steps, 1987
painted welded aluminum
111 x 84 x 54 in
282 x 213 x 137 cm
Collection of Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
140
Condor, 1989
painted welded aluminum
160 x 160 x 40 in
406 x 406 x 102 cm
Private Collection, Jacksonville, FL
142
red Light, 1985
painted welded aluminum
124 x 168 x 76 in
315 x 427 x 193 cm
Collection of The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
144
Gone Sailing, 1985
painted welded aluminum
84 x 84 x 60 in
213 x 213 x 152 cm
Collection of Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, FL
146
Walkabout II, 1985
painted welded aluminum
168 x 144 x 96 in
427 x 366 x 244 cm
Collection of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart + Shipley, West Palm Beach, FL
148
Girls Night out, 1984
painted welded aluminum
92 x 73 x 72 in
244 x 185 x 183 cm
Collection of Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, FL
The Works19 7 2 – 19 7 9
152
Delta one, 1979
welded Corten steel
120 x 120 x 120 in
305 x 305 x 305 cm
Collection of Mississippi Museum, Jackson, MS
154
Untitled, 1977
welded steel
60 x 54 x 66 in
152 x 137 x 168 cm
Collection of Wichita Museum, Wichita, KS
Untitled, 1977
welded steel
60 x 16 x 40 in
152 x 41 x 102 cm
Collection of Wichita Museum, Wichita, KS
157
BIoGrAPHY
1951 Born in New York, NY
1973 Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
BFA, The Art Institute of Boston, MA
Currently lives and works in West Palm Beach, FL
S e l e c t e d S o l o e x h i b i t i o n S
2012 Evolution, De Buck Gallery, New York
2011 Constructive Angles, Contessa Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2010 Recent Sculpture, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2009 Function/Form, Berry-Hill Gallery, New York
Lincoln Center Collects, Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, West Palm Beach, FL
Lincoln Center Collects, Karen Lynne Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2008 Synapse, Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
2007 Space, WhiteSpace Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Geometry, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Jane Manus, Galleria Ristori, Albenga, Italy
2006 Functional Sculpture, Galerie Francoise et E.S.F., Baltimore, MD
Extension 2006, Haskell Gallery, Jacksonville International Airport, FL
2005 Extension, 511 Gallery, New York
Modern Minimal, Modern Abstract, Wallace Fine Art, Longboat Key, FL
2004 City Works, Donna Tribby Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL
2003 Jane Manus Sculpture, Art+ Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Jane Manus, The Cultural Exchange Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Jane Manus New Work, Waddington & Tribby Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL
2002 Jane Manus “Framing Spaces,” Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, West Palm Beach, FL
Jane Manus, Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Only Connect, Andrea Pronto Arte Contemporanea, Crespano, Italy
2001 Jane Manus & Bruce Helander, Cima Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Jane Manus of Form and Color, Coral Springs Museum, Coral Springs, FL
15th Anniversary Celebration, Corbino Galleries, Longboat Key, FL
2000 Jane Manus, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL
“Tete a Tete” Rotraut & Jane Manus, Galerie ise et E.S.F., Lutherville, MD
Jane Manus Sculpture, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1999 A Search for Serenity, Corbino Gallery, Longboat Key, FL
1998 Summer Solstice Show, Galerie Francoise et E.S.F, Lutherville, MD
1997 Red, White, and Blue, Sculpture Center at Esperante, West Palm Beach, FL
Jane Manus “Sculpture,” Ken Elias Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
1996 Art in Public Places Exhibition, Commune di Bagno a Ripoli, Florence
Jane Manus Sculptor, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
Jane Manus Sculptor, Barbara Scott Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
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2003 Mutamentum - USA Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
The Cultural Exchange Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Mutamentum, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Continuing Group Exhibition, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2002 Miniatures Exhibition 2002, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL
A Little Art, Waddington & Tribby Fine Art, Boca Raton, FL
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
Continuing Group Exhibition, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Mutamentum – Italy, Via Larga, Florence; Chiostri della Basilica di Santa Maria,
Impruneta; Centro storico e negazi, San Casciano; La Barbagianna: una casa par
l’Arte Contemporanea, Italy
Mutamentum – Germany, Kunstaktionen Museum, Fouled; Frankfurt, Germany
2001 Miniatures Exhibition 2001, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL
La via dell’arte, Arte Contemporanea al Museo “Manlio Trucco,” Albisola, Italy
Tete-a-Tete, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
Jane Manus & Franco Scuderi, “il colore che awolge,” Arte Moderna
Contemporanea, Albenga, Italy
Jane Manus & Franco Scuderi, “il colore che awolge,” La Corte Arte Contemporanea,
Florence, Italy
Seating: The Artist’s Perspective, The Elliot Museum, Stuart, FL
2000 Monochromatic, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Sculpture Garden, Corbino Gallery, Long Boat Key, FL
1999 Summer Arts, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Percosi dell’Anima, Ken Elias Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Ceramics in Toscany, under the auspices of the Municipality of Sesto Fiorentino and
Regione Toscana, travelling exhibition in Italy, Germany and United States
1998 Imposing Objects, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Percosi dell’Anima, Greve, Italy; Hirschberg, Germany
Gallery Artists, Corbino Gallery, Long Boat Key, FL
Jane Manus and Jean Claude Rigaud, Long Boat Key Art Center, Long Boat Key, FL
1997 VI Biennale de Sculpture de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Artisti in Viaggio 1997, Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, West Palm Beach, FL
Florida-Wyoming Tarot Project, Florida and Wyoming
Sculpture-Jane Manus and James Rosburg, The Schmidt Center Gallery – Florida
Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Contemporary Visions, Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, FL
1996 Bright Lights, Barbara Scott Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Summer Spectacular, Part One, Barbara Scott Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Provencial Government Exhibition, Via Larga, Florence, Italy
The Abstract Image: Painting, Sculpture, Graphics from the Collection of the Vero
Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
Configuration: Works in Relief, Lipworth International Fine Arts, Boca Raton, FL
Materials: Steel, Wood, Glass, Bricks, Palm Beach Community College Museum of
Art, Lake Worth, FL
1995 A Group for the Summer, Joel Kessler Fine Arts, Miami Beach, FL
From Start to Finish, The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
1993 Local Large Scale Works, Palm Beach Community College Museum of Art, Lake
Worth, FL
Margulies Taplin Gallery Group Show, Margulies Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1994 Jane Manus Sculptor, Wahlstrom Sculpture Garden, Vero Beach Museum of Art,
Vero Beach, FL
1992 Peter Reginato & Jane Manus, “Two Visions of Abstract Constructive Sculpture,”
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1991 Jane Manus “73,” Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
1990 Jane Manus, Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, West Palm Beach, FL
1989 Jane Manus, Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
1988 Jane Manus, Palm Beach Community College, West Palm Beach, FL
1987 Jane Manus Sculptures, Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, West Palm Beach, FL
1985 Outdoor Sculpture, Ann Norton Sculpture Garden, West Palm Beach, FL
1984 Jane Manus, Center for Contemporary Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Jane Manus, Exposures Gallery, Dallas, TX
1981 Jane Manus, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto
1978 New Work – Jane Manus, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto
1977 Sculptures, Gallery Cassel, Palm Beach, FL
1976 Jane Manus, Gallery Cassel, Palm Beach, FL
S e l e c t e d G r o u p e x h i b i t i o n S
2012 Winter Group Show, Lew Allen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Thomas Lollar and Jane Manus: Relief Work, Ceramic Maps, Modern Sculpture,
NYIT School of Architecture & Design, New York
2010 Berry-Hill Gallery, New York
Fay Gold Presents “Onward,” Atlanta, GA
Focus Exhibition, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Summer ’10, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2009 It’s the end of an era, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Focus, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Studio Furniture, Palm Beach 3, West Palm Beach, FL
A Sculpture Show, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Group Show, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Lincoln Center List Collection, The Sagamore Hotel, Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL
2008 Focus, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2007 Focus, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Mid Century – Modern, Wallace Fine Art, Long Boat Key, FL
Our Artists, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Lincoln Center List Collection, The Sagamore Hotel, Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL
2006 From Private Walls, Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, FL
Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2005 Continuing Group Exhibition, Donna Tribby Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Continuing Group Exhibition, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2004 Exhibition of Art and Design, Art+ Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Peter Wallace Fine Arts, Long Boat Key, FL
Donna Tribby Fine Art Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
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p u b l i c c o l l e c t i o n S1992 Dorothy Gillespie and Jane Manus, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Celebration of American Art, Cornell Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Art on Brickell, Downtown Development & Brickell Avenue Associates, Miami, FL
Annual South Florida Artists’ Invitational, Margulies Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Artists of South Florida, Margulies Taplin Gallery, Miami, FL
Group Show Gallery Artists, Margulies Taplin Gallery, Miami, FL
1991 Outdoor Sculpture, Greene Gallery, Bay Harbor Island, FL
1990 Greene Gallery Exhibition, Greene Gallery, Bay Harbor Island, FL
The Start of Something Big, Eastbourne Clark Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
1989 Introductions and Previews, Kornbluth Gallery, Fairlawn, NJ
Greene Gallery Selects, Greene Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Professional Artists’ Committee, Palm Beach Council of the Arts, Martinique II, Singer
Island, FL
1988 Artists at Home, Palm Beach County Council of the Arts, Habitat Center, West Palm
Beach, FL
Hortt Show, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
37, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Selected Florida Artists, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
The Artist as a Business Person, Northwood Institute, West Palm Beach, FL
Geometric Abstractions, Greene Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
1987 Mitzi Newhouse Juried Exhibition, Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL
South Florida Sculptors 75th Diamond Jubilee, West Palm Beach, FL
1986 Opening Exhibition, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
FL: Direction I, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Highlights of the Seasons, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Art in Public Places, West Palm Beach, FL
1985 New York – New York, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Hearts by Artists, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Art in Public Places, Government Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Hyattfest, West Palm Beach, FL
Junior League Designer Show House, Miami, FL
Opus House XI, Boca West, Boca Raton, FL
1984 New Emerging Artists, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1978 Group Show, Tower Gallery, Southampton, NY
1976 Group Show, Womanart Gallery, New York
Cleveland Clinic Collection, Cleveland, OH
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY
Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
The Lincoln Center/List Collection, New York
White Space, West Palm Beach, FL
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
The Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
The Sagamore Collection, Miami Beach, FL
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, FL
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
City of Delray Beach, FL
American Bankers Insurance, Miami, FL
Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, FL
Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter
Park, FL
Mississippi Museum, Jackson, MS
Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral
Gables, FL
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown,
OH
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
The Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
McDonald Stewart Art Center, Guelph, ON
Doctor’s Hospital of Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
Republic Security Bank, West Palm Beach, FL
David S. Brown & Company, Baltimore, MD
Moquay Family Collection, Scottsdale, AZ
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Byers Engineering Collection, Atlanta, GA
Aspen Industrial, Farmington Hills, MI
Snow Becker Krauss, New York, NY
Artes Magnus Europe, Geneva, Switzerland
Tishman Speyer Collection, New York, NY
James Berry-Hill, Quogue, NY
Fay Gold, Atlanta, GA
Corbino Collection, Long Boat Key, FL
Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, NY
City of Winter Park, Winter Park, FL
b i b l i o G r A p h Y
Palm Beach Daily News, Palm Beach, FL, Numerous Reviews
The Newspaper, Southampton, NY, August 1978
WAPT, ABC-TV, Jackson, MS, September 27, 1979
WJTV, NBC-TV, Jackson, MS, September 27, 1979
WLBT, CBS-TV, Jackson, MS, September 27, 1979
Clarion Ledger, Jackson, MS, September 28, 1979
Mississippi Museum of Art Calendar (cover), Jackson, MS, November, 1979
John F. Kennedy University Catalogue, Orinda, CA, 1980
Artsmagazine, New York, NY, February/March 1981
The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, FL, Numerous Reviews
The Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Numerous Reviews
WPTV News, NBC-TV, West Palm Beach, FL, September 21, 1984
Palm Beach Chronicle, Palm Beach, FL, October 5, 1984
Palm Beach Chronicle, Palm Beach, FL, March 29, 1985
WTVX News, CBS-TV, Fort Pierce, FL, August 29, 1986
The Press-Journal, Vero Beach, FL, September 1, 1986
FL Today, Indian River, FL, September 1, 1986
Palm Beach Polo Magazine, West Palm Beach, FL, 1987 edition
FL Today, Indian River edition, FL, March 30, 1987
Palm Beach Council of the Arts Magazine, West Palm Beach, FL, 1985-1988
Miami Herald, Miami, FL, January 31, 1987; April 5, 1996
Boca Museum News, Boca Raton, FL, January, 1989
Palm Beach Life Magazine, Palm Beach, FL, February 1989
Gateway, Magazine of the Port of Palm Beach, FL, May/June 1989
Arts Magazine, New York, NY, January 1990
Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL, September 17, 1991
FL Design Magazine, Boca Raton, FL, Volume 3, No. 1, 1993
Idea’s Magazine, Coral Gables, FL, Volume 10, No. 3, 1993
162
The Red Herring, Journal of Contemporary Arts & Issues, April 17 - 29, 1996
Southern Living, April 1, 1996
Museum Views, Athens, GA, Spring 1996
The Athens Observer, Athens, GA, April 11, 1996
The Atlanta Journal / The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, April 12, 13, 26, 1996
The Athens Daily News and Athens Banner Herald, Athens, GA - August 25, 1996
Treasures of the Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, FL, 1996
Nazione, Florence, Italy, July 4, 1996
Mattina Arte, Florence, Italy, June 21, 1996
Polowest, Volume 4, Los Angeles, CA, January and February, 1996
Palm Beach Daily News, Palm Beach, FL, May 17, 1997
VI eme Biennale De Sculpture, Monte Carlo, 1997 Catalogue
The Nice Martine Newspaper, Nice, France, August, 1997
Palm Beach Illustrated Magazine, Palm Beach, FL, October, 1997
The Pelican Press, Sarasota, FL, December 11, 1997
The Longboat Key Observer, Longboat Key, FL, January 15, 1998
The Longboat Key Observer, Longboat Key, FL, February 19, 1998
Art and Antiques, Annual Special Issue, New York, NY, March, 1998
Who’s Who in American Art, R. R. Bowker & Co., 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999
The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, FL, December 4, 1998
Baltimore City Paper, “Two of a Kind” by Mike Giuliano, Baltimore, MD, June 14 - 26, 2000
Flint Institute of Arts, Volume 2K, Flint, MI, July - August 2000
The Daily Journal, New Smyrna Beach, FL, October 21, 2000
The Observer, “Jane Manus: Sculptures” by Sandy Carroll, October 7, 2000
Sculpture Magazine “New Orleans Jane Manus, Heriard-Cimino Gallery” by Mark Price Vol. 19
No.9, November 2000
Style (a magazine of the Herald-Tribune) Art Marks by Pat Ringling Buck, Sarasota, FL, January, 2001
The News, “Artist Seating”, by Brian Bixler, Stuart, FL, January 10, 2001
Simply The Best Magazine, “The Shape of Things” by Linda Marx, May, 2001
FL International Magazine, “Where The Art Is”, by Lotus Fragola, July / August, 2001
New Times Broward - Palm Beach, “Mistresses of Metal” by Michael Mills, Palm Beach, FL, November
Palm Beach Daily News - “Forging Big Ideas” by Jan Sjostrom, Palm Beach, FL, December 4, 2002
South FL Times - Mutamentum on the Run, by Bruce Helander, Vol. Eight, 2003
Street - cover (Miami Herald) Exposure by Dan Vidale, Miami, FL, September 26 - October 2, 2003
FL International Magazine, “The FL Contemporary” by Shawn Bean, October, 2004
The Observer, “Heavy Metal, Medium Cool” by Marty Fugate, Long Boat Key, FL, February 2005
The City of Style, “Geometric Collisions by Jane Manus”, by Sylvia Smithson, October 19, 2005
New York Post, Page Six, Richard Johnson, New York, NY, September 8, 2005
Baltimore City Paper, “Functional Sculpture” - Critic’s Choice by Mike Giuliano, Baltimore, MD, August
23, 2006
Palm Beach Life, “Raising the Bar for Tabletop Drama,” Linda Marx, Palm Beach, FL, 2007
FL Design’s, Palm Beach Home & Décor, “Sculpture Trumps Space” Linda Marx, Winter, Palm Beach,
FL, 2008
Art At Lincoln Center, The public art and List print and Poster collection, Charles A. Riley II, John Wiley
& Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 2009
Gotham Magazine Vol.9 – Issue 10, “In Living Color”, Dec. 2009 – Jan. 2010
Radar Redux Baltimore Arts & Culture by Amy G. Kozak, Kim Manfredi & Jane Manus, Work at the C.
Grimaldis Galllery – 2010, December 22, 2010
FL International Magazine, “FL Artist a Showcase” Art & Design, Vol. 13 – No. 11, November 2010
Classical South FL Interview Caroline Breder-Watts 90.7 NPR January 19, 2012
Jane Manus welding, 1972
Studio Shot
© De Buck Gallery 2012
De Buck Gallery
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New York, NY 10001
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printer
Geers Offset, Ghent, Belgium
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ISBN 978-0-9851748-9-7
cover artwork
Benchmark, 2007
painted welded aluminum
120 x 105 x 60 in
305 x 267 x 152 cm
Sagamore Collection, Miami Beach, FL
photo credits
Cover photograph courtesy of Diamond Images
P87 photograph courtesy of Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, NY
P164 photograph courtesy of Central Image Agency
Fusedog Media
Steven Michael King
Jacek Gancarz
Jean-Christophe Michel
essay
Thomas W. Lollar
William Underwood Eiland
Special thanks to
Blalock Fabrication, West Palm Beach, FL
Tracy Edling
