“The extreme realism that characterizes Feuerman’s young women is a translation of their inner condition. Their closed eyes, slight smiles, the crease of their lips, and expression lines suggest a fullness of being—a moment in which feeling prevails over thinking. They raise their heads to immerse themselves in nature, waiting for their faces to be caressed by the sunshine, or by droplets of water that will soon dry upon their skin. All inner turmoil appears to subside when they are in contact with the natural elements. At the same time, the body becomes an instrument for knowing reality. The immediacy of feeling, which precedes thinking, allows these subjects to see despite their closed eyes.” Demetrio Paparoni
Carole A. Feuerman (1945) was born in Hartford Connecticut, USA. In the second half of the seventies, after having developed works linked to the poetics of the fragment, theorized by postmodernist thought, she began to create full-figure sculptures with a strong realist impact. Her variation of pop marks the profound difference with the works created in the second half of the sixties by the hyperrealist sculptors Duane Hanson and John De Andrea.
Selected exhibitions include Sea Idylls on Park Avenue; Corpus Domini at Palazzo Reale, Milan; Carole A. Feuerman atGalleria d’Arte Moderna, GAM, Rome; Reflections of the Soul, Saint-Tropez; Monumental, Avenue George V, Paris; Forever Is Now, the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt; The Importance of Being Human, the Medici Museum of Art, Ohio, US; Sea Idylls, Park Avenue; Crossing the Sea, Foundation Made In Cloister, Naples, Italy. Feuerman’s selected awards include the Lifetime Achievement ‘Goddess Artemis’ from the European American Woman’s Council (EAWC). She has also received the Special Honor Award in Changzhou CHN, Best in Show in Beijing CHN, the Amelia Peabody Award, First Prize at the Olympic Fine Art Exhibition in Beijing, and the Medici Award in Florence ITA.
She has taught, lectured, and given workshops at the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum. In 2011, she founded the Carole A. Feuerman Sculpture Foundation. She lives and works in New York.