Rochester's Wendell Castle

About Wendell Castle

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Rochester’s own Wendell Castle’s piece will provide an outdoor grouping of chairs, a table, and a lamp for visitors who would like to spend some time enjoying the passing scene.

Wendell Castle model for Centennial Sculpture Park

The Memorial Art Gallery commissioned this monumental cast-iron sculpture by Castle as one of the anchor installations of its planned Centennial Sculpture Park. The piece (working title Unicorn Family) will measure 22 feet in diameter and consist of a gathering area with a table and three chairs and a 13-foot LED lamp. A maquette of the work, which is scheduled to be installed in late 2012, will go on view in the Gallery’s Vanden Brul Pavilion in mid-December.

Read the Press release.

Wendell Castle is an American furniture artist and a leading figure in American craft. He is often credited with being the father of the art furniture movement. His bold and graceful pieces, often organic, and sometimes whimsical, are crafted from rare and beautiful hardwoods, plastics, veneers, and metals in a timeless contemporary style. His expression of color and exotic materials are synonymous with the Wendell Castle name.