Carole Feuerman - Serena Suite II Grand (Extra Large) with tangerine cap and hand applied crystals, 2023

Carole Feuerman - Serena Suite II Grand (Extra Large) with tangerine cap and hand applied crystals, 2023

Carole Feuerman
This work is large - over five feet tall - and scarce -- one of only six (1/6) in this dramatic large size
62 inches tall (vertical) x 44 inches wide (horizontal)
Serena Print Suite II Grand - Tangerine Cap - Yellow tube and purple background with Custom hand applied crystal embellishments
Archival pigment print on paper with hand applied crystals

Pencil signed, dated and numbered 1/6 on the front
The photos don't do justice to this oversized work with hand applied crystals
Unframed

CAROLE FEUERMAN BIOGRAPHY
Carole Feuerman (b. 1945, Hartford, Connecticut) is a pioneering sculptor whose work has fundamentally redefined the language of figuration in contemporary art. Emerging alongside the development of superrealism, Feuerman has long extended the tradition beyond illusion—using the human body as a site through which to explore perception, psychological stillness, and the conditions of presence.

Across more than five decades, her sculptures have been distinguished by a precise and controlled surface that, rather than emphasizing virtuosity, operates as a threshold between exterior appearance and interior experience. Figures are suspended in moments of pause, resisting narrative resolution and inviting a sustained engagement with time, attention, and embodiment. Water, a recurring element in her work, functions as a conceptual condition—signaling transformation, vulnerability, and renewal.

In recent years, Feuerman has undertaken a significant and defining evolution through a series of fragmented figures inscribed with mythological imagery rendered as tattoos. These works mark a shift from the body as a unified form to the body as a layered and constructed surface—one that carries systems of meaning, identity, and power. Drawing on figures such as Zeus, Hera, and other archetypes, the sculptures do not illustrate myth but activate it as a contemporary language. The tattoo becomes a form of inscription, embedding narrative, history, and cultural memory directly into the skin of the work.

Through this integration of classical mythology and contemporary figuration, Feuerman repositions the sculpted body as a site of both continuity and transformation—where ancient symbolic structures intersect with present-day concerns around identity, gender, and visibility. The fragmentation of the figure further destabilizes the illusion of wholeness, shifting the emphasis from representation to interpretation. In this context, the surface of the sculpture becomes legible as text, and the body itself becomes something to be read.

Feuerman’s work operates across scales, from intimately observed figures to monumental public installations that engage directly with architectural and civic space. Her sculptures have been presented internationally, including installations on Park Avenue in New York, exhibitions at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome, and Reborn into the Water at the Heydar Aliyev Center. Her work is held in major public collections, including the State Hermitage Museum, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, and numerous institutions in the United States and abroad.

In 2026, Feuerman was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Sculpture Center, recognizing a career that has continually expanded the possibilities of sculptural practice. In 2011, she founded the Feuerman Sculpture Foundation, dedicated to advancing the role of sculpture in public life and supporting new generations of artists.

Feuerman’s work ultimately proposes a reconsideration of the body in contemporary culture—not as image or spectacle, but as a site of duration, inscription, and meaning. Through the convergence of stillness, material precision, and mythological language, her sculptures offer a sustained meditation on what it means to inhabit the human form in the present moment.