Frith Street Gallery

b. 1955, Abington, Pennsylvania

Colour is the key element in Polly Apfelbaum’s work, both visually and structurally. Her floorbound installations – which incorporate hundreds of pieces of velvet, hand-dyed in bold hues and often arranged in sprawling configurations that appear to be organically inspired – defy categories of art-making. Like abstract paintings that melted off the wall and formed vibrant puddles, her arrangements of irregularly shaped rounds, diamonds and ovals coalesce with the physical presence of sculpture, while maintaining painting’s sense of vibrancy

Polly Apfelbaum will have solo exhibtions in 2009 at Helmhaus, Zurich and Milton Keynes Gallery. Recent solo exhibitions include Love Sculpture, Frith Street Gallery, 2007; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, 2004; Today I Love Everybody, Triple Candie, Harlem, New York, 2002; Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, 2000.

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