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manipulation of color, form, and material and as a response
WORLD-CLASS ART The artworks in this exhibition register an appeal to the
to the constraints of Minimalism.

human hand, whether through the tactility of the materials
or the gestural marks that comprise their compositions.
Works on view include Virginia Jaramillo’s sensorial Birth of
PRESENTS SENSORY
POETICS: Venus (1975); a sculpture by self-taught artist Sonia Gomes
that blurs the boundaries between art and handicraft;
COLLECTING ABSTRACTION Of-Also (2012-2013), a charged “blank slate” by Jessica
Dickinson; and paintings by Caroline Kent and Stanley
Exhibition: Sensory Poetics: Collecting Abstraction
Whitney incorporating dynamic engagements with color.
Venue: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth
Representing a cross-section of diverse aesthetic
Avenue, New York, Tower Level 2
approaches, the featured artists - originating from Europe
and the Americas - are inspired by organic processes and
natural phenomena, pursue paths of liberation through the
THE EXHIBITION BRINGS TOGETHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM
abstraction of the corporeal form, or engage with other
THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM’S GROWING COLLECTION OF
art forms, including jazz music, classical architecture,
CONTEMPORARY ART
and poetry. Sensory Poetics reaffirms the Guggenheim’s
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents Sensory
commitment to document the expansive legacy of
Poetics: Collecting Abstraction, an exhibition of works
abstraction that is at the core of its history.
acquired over the past ten years that highlights the
Sensory Poetics: Collecting Abstraction is organized by Joan
institution’s growing collection of contemporary art. On view
Young, Senior Director, Curatorial Affairs.
for the first time at the Guggenheim, from July 8 through
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s Collections Council
October 16, the show’s selection reflects developments in
is gratefully acknowledged for its support of Sensory
painting, sculpture, and video from the 1960s to today that
Poetics: Collecting Abstraction.
manifest expressive and embodied gestures through the

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