Christopher Wilmarth
1943–1987
Introduction
Christopher Mallory Wilmarth (June 11, 1943 – November 18, 1987) was an American sculptor whose concise, luminous works in etched plate glass and steel established a distinct mode of post-minimalist practice in the late 20th century. Working across sculpture, drawing and printmaking, Wilmarth developed a vocabulary of thin, planar forms that refract, absorb and modulate light to produce contemplative, quasi-architectural objects. His work negotiated Minimalism’s formal restraint with a poetic interest in atmosphere, memory and the phenomenology of perception.
Wikidata identifier
Q21176533
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Roles
Artist, painter, sculptor
ULAN identifier
500019367
Names
Christopher Mallory Wilmarth, Chris Wilmarth
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