PETER KIRKILES STUDIO

PETER KIRKILES STUDIO

  • Rule Series
    • Sentinel
    • - Balanced Rule
    • - Rule Suite
    • Kouros
    • - 6 Ft Six Fold
    • - 34 Foot Aluminum Rule
    • Reclining Rule
  • Works
    • - Land, Sea, Air
    • - Pullman Great Republic
    • - Beading Plane
    • - John O'Hara's Shoe
    • - Charm Bracelets
    • - Calder's Pliers
    • - Red Truck
    • - Whistle
    • - Ithaca Tall Clock
    • - Telephone Co. Property
    • - Pie Crust Table
    • - Luxus Camera
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  • Printmaking
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Mattatuck Museum exhibit sculpture Bernard Pliers
2016
Bronze
36" x 6" x 24"

Bernard Pliers Sculpture:


Inspired by a letter written by sculptor Alexander Calder to Robert Munger, the head of the industrial supply store that supplied tools to the artist, Peter Kirkiles researched and found the types of tools Calder used. Now Kirkiles, using documents, ephemera and photographs of the pliers Calder used most often, has created a large-scale sculpture of the tool Calder bought by the caseload – Bernard pliers. The installation of the sculpture includes photographs and archives linking sculpture of the 1950s with that of today.


- Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

November 6, 2016 - December 3, 2017

Exhibition link


Curated by Cynthia Roznoy