{"data":{"id":"1438","type":"artist","attributes":{"id":1438,"topgoose_id":283,"tms_id":1438,"display_name":"Jackie Winsor","sort_name":"Winsor Jackie","display_date":"1941–2024","begin_date":"1941","end_date":"2024","biography":"\u003cp\u003eJackie Winsor’s sculptures inflect the\nprimary geometric language of Minimalism\nwith a singular aesthetic that derives\nfrom handmade processes, human scale,\nand ordinary and organic materials.\nInitially trained as a painter, Winsor began\nmaking three-dimensional works in the\nlate 1960s using rope, nails, wood, bricks,\nand copper wire, often crafting their\nforms via repetitive, manual actions such\nas wrapping, stacking, and hammering.\nThese materials and techniques aligned\nwith a Postminimalist interest in process\nand duration, but also derived from Winsor’s\nupbringing on the coast of Newfoundland,\nwhere her engineer father built houses.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ca href=\"/collection/works/3349\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCement Piece\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, which was\nincluded in the \u003ca href=\"/exhibitions/biennial-1977\"\u003e1977 Whitney Biennial\u003c/a\u003e,\nWinsor constructed a three-foot cube from\nwood lath and wire-reinforced concrete.\nSmall square portals cut into the center\nof each of its six sides allow viewers to peer\ninto the center of the form. Winsor’s use\nof the cube, a shape that dominates her\nsculpture from the mid-1970s to mid-1980s,\nwas in part inspired by a dream in which\nshe dug into a spot of light on her\nstudio wall until she broke through to the\nadjacent space. As the dream suggests,\nthe “neutral” form of the cube allowed\nher to address relationships between\npositive and negative space. For Winsor,\nthe cube-shaped sculptures focus on\n“creating a balance between the physical\ngrid and an intangible grid—bringing\nopenness and airiness into the pieces and\nstill retaining their solidity.” They take\non a monumental Minimalist form, only to\nopen it up and reveal its interior.\u003c/p\u003e","on_view":false,"artport":false,"biennial":true,"collection":true,"ulan_id":"500077642","wikidata_id":"Q6120232","created_at":"2017-08-30T15:36:02.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-04-23T01:32:18.369-04:00","links":{"artworks":"/api/artists/1438/artworks","exhibitions":"/api/artists/1438/exhibitions"}}}}