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ANGELO GRANATA (1922-2009)
ANGELO GRANATA: WHO'S AFRAID OF THE CIRCLE, SQUARE OR TRIANGLE
January 10 - March 21, 2025
Granata's work was included in the groundbreaking 1959 traveling exhibition Recent Sculpture U.S.A. at the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New York, alongside Ruth Asawa, Alexander Calder, John Chamberlain, Jacques Lipchitz, Larry Rivers, David Smith, ... many of whom instrumental in rewriting American post-war Art History.
Over the course of his 60 year long artistic career, his work work was included in exhibitions at Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Forum Gallery, New York City; the Boston Museum of Art; the Los Angeles Museum of Art ; the Denver Museum of Art; the St Louis Museum of Art; the Birmingham Museum of Art; the Delgado Museum of Art (now the New Orleans Museum of Art); the Wichita Museum of Art in Wichita, KS; the Des Moines Museum of Art in Des Moines, IA; the Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL; the Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN; the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; as well as at the Departamento de Arte Yucatán in Mèridia, Yucatán, Mexico; and the Centro Colombo Americano, Cali, Colombia.
Granata’s 1957 cast iron sculpture Arch Form (on pedestal) shown in the 1959 MoMA New York exhibition Recent Sculpture USA.
installation view at Maus Contemporary, March 2025
Angelo Granata
Anodic Form
1956
sculpted wood
approx. 84 by 15 by 15 in. (ca. 213 by 38 by 38 cm)
private US collection
University of Alabama faculty, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, ca. 1960
Angelo Granata (front right) with his sculpture Heteros
Angelo Granata
Heteros
1957
cast aluminum
approx. 17.75 by 12.5 by 5.5 in. (ca. 45,1 by 31,8 by 14 cm)
private US collection
Angelo Granata
untitled
1958
sculpted wood
approx. 3.25 by 12.75 by 6.5 in. incl. original wooden base (ca. 8,3 by 32,4 by 16,5 cm incl. wooden base)
Angelo Granata
Sematos
1960
hand-built white clay, sculpted wood, original wooden base
base incl. approx. 33 by 10 by 10 in. (ca. 84 by 25 by 25 cm)
private US collection
Angelo Granata
Augos
1960
sculpted wood, metal
approx. 144 by 19 by 24 in. (ca. 365,8 by 48,3 by 61 cm)
permanent collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
Angelo Granata
untitled
1958
hand-built clay, original wooden base
approx. 16.5 by 5 by 4 in. (ca. 41,9 by 12,5 by 10 cm)
private US collection
Angelo Granata
untitled
1958
sculpted soft-wood, original wooden base
approx. 19.5 by 5 by 4 in. (ca. 49,5 by 12,5 by 10 cm)
Angelo Granata
Silens
1958
welded and etched steel
approx. 11 by 12 by 13 in. (ca. 206 by 30,5 by 33 cm)
Angelo Granata
untitled
1961
sculpted ebony, original brass base
approx. 7.5 by 2 by 2 in. (ca. 19 by 5 by 5 cm)
private US collection
Angelo Granata
untitled
1961
cast aluminum, wood
approx. 13.5 by 14 by 4.75 in. (ca. 34,3 by 35,6 by 14,6 cm)
permanent collection of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas
Angelo Granata
untitled
1963
cast aluminum
approx. 4.5 by 9 by 5.6 in. (ca. 11,4 by 23 by 14,2 cm)
private US collection
Angelo Granata
untitled
1965
cast and machined aluminum
approx. 24.75 by 11 by 10.5 in. (ca. 63 by 28 by 26,7 cm)
private US collection
Angelo Granata
Prora
1960’s
bronze
approx. 7.3 by 12 by 2.25 in. (ca. 18,5 by 30,5 by 5,7 cm)
private US collection
Angelo Granata
untitled
ca. 1965
cast and machined aluminum
approx. 11 by 11.75 by 10 in. (ca. 28 by 30 by 25,4 cm)
Angelo Granata
untitled
1960’s
metal
approx. 18 by 11 by 9.25 in. (ca. 46 by 28 by 23,5 cm)
Angelo Granata
untitled
1965
cast aluminum, original wooden base
approx. 13 by 9 by 9 in. (ca. 33 by 23 by 23 cm)
permanent collection of the Paul R. Jones Museum, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Angelo Granata
untitled
1970’s
cast acrylic
approx. 10.25 by 3.75 by 1.6 in. (ca. 26 by 9,5 by 4 cm)
private US collection
Angelo Granata
Who’s Afraid Of The Circle, Square Or Triangle
1970’s
ink on paper
approx. 60 by 40 in. (ca. 152,4 by 101.6 cm)
private US collection
Angelo Granata
untitled
1990’s
metal
approx. 9.2 by 26 by 9.5 in. (ca. 23,4 by 66 by 24,1 cm)
private US collection
Angelo Granata
Triad
1990’s
aluminum
approx. 25 by 21.25 by 9.5 in. (ca. 63,5 by 54 by 24,1 cm)
private US collection