“Carol Bove is the first museum survey and largest exhibition to date of the work of American artist Carol Bove (b. 1971, Geneva, Switzerland; lives and works in New York). The presentation transforms the entire Frank Lloyd Wright–designed rotunda, with sculptures, installations, paintings, and works on paper integrated into an exhibition design that foregrounds the unique spatial dynamics of Wright’s architecture. It traces pivotal shifts in the artist’s career across more than 25 years and debuts two new bodies of work: a monumental group of her steel compositions known as ‘collage sculptures’ conceived for the space and a series of wall-mounted aluminum panel works. Bove’s inventive practice ranges widely, from assemblages of paperback books and intimate paper collages to towering metal sculptures. She explores the workings of perception through her experiments with surface, color, scale, and space, inviting viewers into moments of heightened imaginative awareness.”— Guggenheim New York 

As Katherine Brinson, Daskalopoulos Senior Curator of Contemporary Art and Director of Global Initiatives, states, “This survey exhibition marks the first opportunity to see the full arc of Bove’s career, putting her early and more recent bodies of work in generative dialogue. At the same time, it coheres into a single artistic statement, animating the Frank Lloyd Wright spiral with color and form while creating opportunities for rest and active play.” 

Carol Bove is organized by Katherine Brinson, Daskalopoulos Senior Curator of Contemporary Art and Director of Global Initiatives, with support from Charlotte Youkilis, Curatorial Assistant, Exhibitions, and Bellara Huang, former Curatorial Assistant, Exhibitions. 

Title image: Carol Bove, Cutting Corners, 2018 (detail). Stainless steel and urethane paint, 35 7/8 × 38 7/8 × 38 5/8 in. (91.1 × 98.7 × 98.1 cm). Private collection. © Carol Bove Studio LLC. Photo: Maris Hutchinson/EPW Studio.

Images courtesy Guggenheim New York.