Betty Gold

Monumental Holistic III

Betty Gold is best known for her monumental outdoor works constructed from welded steel; Golds distinctive non-objective geometric forms are the manifestation of the confluence of the wide range of aesthetic and cultural experiences she had while traveling extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Monumental Holistic III belongs to a series of large-scale works that begin their lives modestly as small, hand-folded paper maquettes. Gold then deconstructs and reassembles these forms, working them until they express a geometry that, once rendered in industrial materials, remains evocative of levity and movement.

Betty Gold is best known for her monumental outdoor works constructed from welded steel; Golds distinctive non-objective geometric forms are the manifestation of the confluence of the wide range of aesthetic and cultural experiences she had while traveling extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Monumental Holistic III belongs to a series of large-scale works that begin their lives modestly as small, hand-folded paper maquettes. Gold then deconstructs and reassembles these forms, working them until they express a geometry that, once rendered in industrial materials, remains evocative of levity and movement.

Betty Gold is best known for her monumental outdoor works constructed from welded steel; Golds distinctive non-objective geometric forms are the manifestation of the confluence of the wide range of aesthetic and cultural experiences she had while traveling extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Monumental Holistic III belongs to a series of large-scale works that begin their lives modestly as small, hand-folded paper maquettes. Gold then deconstructs and reassembles these forms, working them until they express a geometry that, once rendered in industrial materials, remains evocative of levity and movement.

Betty Gold

Betty Gold

Monumental Holistic III

Exhibition

Exhibition

Materials & Dimensions

Materials & Dimensions

Steel

101 1/2 x 173 x 184 1/2 inches

Year

Year

1979

Site

Site

Milwukee Art Museum, outside of main entrance

Credits

Credits

Courtesy of the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Kara Hamilton

Curtain Wall

Kara Hamilton

Curtain Wall

Kara Hamilton

Curtain Wall

Allison Janae Hamilton

The peo-ple crried mer-cy in the storm

Allison Janae Hamilton

The peo-ple crried mer-cy in the storm

Allison Janae Hamilton

The peo-ple crried mer-cy in the storm

Salvador Jiménex-Flores

Artista con el nopal en la frente / Artist with the Cactus on the Forehead, El surgimiento de una nueva realidad /The rise of a new reality, Existimos en el futuro / We Exist in the Future

Salvador Jiménex-Flores

Artista con el nopal en la frente / Artist with the Cactus on the Forehead, El surgimiento de una nueva realidad /The rise of a new reality, Existimos en el futuro / We Exist in the Future

Salvador Jiménex-Flores

Artista con el nopal en la frente / Artist with the Cactus on the Forehead, El surgimiento de una nueva realidad /The rise of a new reality, Existimos en el futuro / We Exist in the Future

thank you

To our generous sponsors, partners, collaborators, and supporters who make our work possible.

Founding & Sustaining
Sponsors

* indicates both Founding and sustaining founding sponsor

Anonymous
Donna & Donald Baumgartner*
Black Box Fund
Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation
Susan & Mark Irgens*
Mellowes Family*
Sue & Bud Selig*
Julie & David Uihlein*
Lacey Sadoff Foundation

presenting

Collaborator

Betty Arndt
City of Milwaukee Arts Board
Good Karma Brands

leader

Anonymous
Heil Family Foundation
Godfrey & Kahn

Exhibition Partner

Visionary

George & Karen Oliver

sculpture

Wayne & Lori Morgan

Connector

BMO
Foley & Lardner
Hawks Landscaping
Open Pantry
PNC Bank
PwC
Russ Darrow Group
Town Bank
US Bank
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thank you

To our generous sponsors, partners, collaborators, and supporters who make our work possible.

Founding & Sustaining
Sponsors

* indicates both Founding and sustaining founding sponsor

Anonymous
Donna & Donald Baumgartner*
Black Box Fund
Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation
Herb Kohl Philanthropies
Herzfeld Foundation
Hoke Family Foundation
Susan & Mark Irgens*
Mandel Groups*
Mellowes Family*
Sue & Bud Selig*
Julie & David Uihlein*
Lacey Sadoff Foundation

presenting

Collaborator

Betty Arndt
City of Milwaukee Arts Board
Good Karma Brands

leader

Anonymous
Heil Family Foundation
Godfrey & Kahn

Exhibition Partner

Visionary

Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation

sculpture

Wayne & Lori Morgan

Connector

BMO
Foley & Lardner
Hawks Landscaping
Open Pantry
PNC Bank
PwC
Russ Darrow Group
Town Bank
US Bank
WeycoGroup

Sculpture Milwaukee is always free and open to the public thanks to our generous supporters.

We work with trusted community partners to ensure great contemporary art is accessible to all.

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