Works by Terry Adkins, Carl Andre, Lynda Benglis, Bill Bollinger, Luciano Fabro, Robert Grosvenor, Justin Matherly, Joel Shapiro and Jackie Winsor will be on display in a group sculpture exhibition that highlights the differences between the artists’ approaches to three-dimensional work.

Bill Bollinger was a crucial contributor to the radical transformation of sculpture in the 1960s and was included in Paula Cooper Gallery’s inaugural exhibition in 1968. His work Pipe Piece, 1964, formed of two aluminum pipes of unequal length joined by an elbow socket, characterizes his subtle and sensitive treatment of industrial materials.

Terry Adkins produced enigmatic sculpture from salvaged materials imbued with social and historical significance by their previous uses, and the uncanny, anthropomorphic form of Untitled (Leather Wall Piece), 2013, embodies the artist’s rich imagination. Untitled, 1976-77, by Robert Grosvenor also uses salvaged materials that bears traces of their unknown origins. A sculpture of solid mass, constructed of wood beams with gently carved edges and finished with creosote, Untitled has a forceful presence that evinces Grosvenor’s sculptural sensibility.

Contrast is provided by Luciano Fabro’s Piede Senile II (2000), an abstracted bronze 'foot' emerging from an elegant silk trouser leg that descends from the ceiling. The pillar-like form of the Piedi and the use of the sumptuous materials evoke both classical Italian architecture and a sense of the Baroque. A pleated effect is also evident in Lynda Benglis’ Brisco (1987)––a majestic, torquing, wall-hanging sculpture finished with a rich copper patina.

This study in sculptural disparity is rounded out with a selection of inset wall pieces by Jackie Winsor from the 1990s. Oscillating between painting and sculpture, concentric rectangles of wood, plaster and concrete literally recede into the wall, framed by grids or painted borders. These illusory articulations of space make the viewer’s perception a constitutive part of encountering the work and the environment it inhabits.

The exhibition also includes works by Joel Shapiro, Carl Andre and Justin Matherly, made between 1980 and 2009.