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Famous for his life-size white plaster figures, Segal
is regarded as one of the founders of the POP Art movement of the
early 1960s.
Born in the Bronx, he and his family settled on a New
Jersey farm. Segal studied art, architecture and art education between
1941 and 1949 at Cooper Union, Rutgers, Pratt Institute and New
York University. In 1953 he devoted himself to painting, and in
the mid 50s began teaching art. His first solo show, in 1956, featured
paintings, drawings and pastels. In 1958, Segal converted his New
Jersey farm into studios and began making life-size sculptures of
people from crude farm materials like chicken wire, burlap and plaster.
In 1961, using a new type of medical bandage designed
to set fractures, Segal began casting his human figures directly
from live models. In contrast to the wit and sophisticated detachment
often associated with POP Art, Segal's work deals with the human
condition, its solitude and fragility, which he expresses sympathetically. |
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