Tango
6 foot tall limited edtion bronze by Larry Young
Here is an example of Young’s love of dance, but his articulation of couples and dance are about more than dancing. They are powerful symbolic statements about the dance of life. This sculpture became the first permanent installation at the Wandell Sculpture Garden in Urbana, Illinois.
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Larry Young (click for resume)
Young has been a full-time artist for the last 25 years and has placed over 50 monumental outdoor sculptures nationally and abroad. Most of his work has been in bronze, but he also works with stainless steel, marble, and other materials. He owns and operates a full-scale, 6,000 square foot foundry where he personally creates and produces most of his work. This personal oversight of production is very unusual for sculptors who create monumental bronzes.
Young developed his incredible skills and talent through a number of forums. He first learned to cast bronze as a molder in the US Navy. Following the Navy he achieved international prominence as a two-time Olympic medalist, the only American to ever win a medal in long distance racewalking. During this period he studied sculpture at Columbia College followed by a two-year fellowship to study sculpture in Italy. Young has been a full-time free lance artist ever since, known for his fluid forms, his innovative use of negative space, and his mastery of the bronze medium.
The origin of mankind, man's relationship with other life forms, and his destination have been important elements in many of Young's works. He has also been fascinated by human movement in dance and athletics and by the themes and compositional integrity of classical art. Like classical art, Young's life forms and other images are vehicles through which compositional networks are materialized. He frequently creates complex simplicity by simplifying human forms and placing them within deceptively simple complex compositions.
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Resume (back to bio) SELECTED PERMANENT AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Next City Corporation, New York City
Methodist Hospital Neurosensory Center, Houston
The Albrecht Museum, St. Joseph, Missouri
Triangle Maintenance Corporation, Valley Stream, New York
Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois
Central Trust Bank, Jefferson City, Missouri
Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, Missouri
Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri
Quabaug Rubber Co., N. Brookfield, Massachusetts
Selsys Corporation, Boulder, Colorado
Energy Methods, Denver
Jean Cukier M.D., P.A., Doctors Center, Houston
Fair Oaks Holiday Inn, Fairfax, Virginia
White Associates, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
Sage Investments, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Leslie Kavanagh Associates, New York City
Joel Meisner Inc., Farmingdale, New York
Caramella Inc., Dallas
Knight, Ford and Associates, Columbia, Missouri
Innovative Designs, Scarsdale, New York
Exchange Properties, Jefferson City, Missouri
Five-Star Advertising, Riverside, California
R & H Kaplan, Westbury, New York
9 Boxwood Place Corp., New York City
R. D. Scinto, Inc., Shelton, Connecticut
Comp-u-card, Trumbull, Connecticut
Seltzer and Sussman, Inc., New York City
University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics, Columbia
Boone County Bank, Columbia, Missouri
Touche-Ross, Los Angeles
Mid-Missouri Dermatologists, Inc., Columbia, Missouri
Wells Fargo Bank, Los Angeles
PVC Marketing Systems, St. Louis
Automated Information Systems, Shelton, Connecticut
Cambridge II, Trumbull, Connecticut
Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri
Marketing Congress, Plainview, New York
Metrodial Digital, Central Station, New York
Andiamo!, New York City
Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri
Albin and Richman, Garden City, New York
Matto City Museum, Matto City, Kanazawa, Japan
Casualty Indemnity Exchange, Jefferson City, Missouri
Cartwright & Littrell, Sydney, Australia
Triangle Properties, Melville, New York
Missouri State Historical Society Museum, Columbia
Tulsa Medical Associates, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma
Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City, Kansas
Alzheimers Resource Center, Southington, Connecticut
YMCA, Jefferson City, Missouri
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg
Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri Boone Hopsital Medical Park, Columbia, Missouri
Kessler Enterprises, Celebration Hotel, Celebration (A Walt Disney Community), Florida
Grand Bohemian Hotel, Orlando, Florida
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MissouriPERSONAL:
Born: February 10, 1943
Family: Married to Candace Young, two children
Avocation: Racewalking (Olympic Medalist 1968 and 1972)EDUCATION:
Bronze and other metal foundry training, U.S. Navy, 1961-1965
B.A. in sculpture, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri, 1976
Postgraduate work, Pietrasanta, Italy, bronze and marble sculpture; two-year grant from the Woodcock Charitable Trust and the Cooke Foundation, 1976-1978COMMISSIONS AND EXHIBITIONS:
Show, “Figuring the Human in 20th Century Art, University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1999
Show, E.S. Lawrence Galleries, Charleston, South Carolina, 1999
Show, Images, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1999
Show, Artist’s Studio, Columbia, Missouri, 1999
Show, E.S. Lawrence Galleries, Aspen, Colorado, 1999
Show, Southwest Galleries, Dallas, 1999
Show, Wandell Sculpture Garden, 1998-2000
One-man show, Endres Gallery, Prarie Village (Kansas City),Kansas, 1998
Show, Pierwalk ’98, Chicago, Illinois, 1998
Show, E.S. Lawrence Galleries, Aspen, Colorado, 1998
Commission, Strolling Woman, monumental bronze for Kessler Enterprises, Florida, 1998-9
Show, Southwest Galleries, Dallas, 1998
Commission, Marathon Man, monumental bronze for private collection, South Carolina, 1997
Show, E.S. Lawrence Galleries, Aspen, Colorado, 1997
Show, Southwest Galleries, Dallas, 1997
Commission, Nexus, monumental bronze for Boone Hospital Medical Park, 17’ x 16’ x 10’, 1994-6
One-man show, Inaugural exhibit of the Larson Gallery, Brown Art Center, Columbia College, 1996
Show, E.S. Lawrence Galleries, Aspen, Colorado, 1996
Show, Southwest Galleries, Dallas, 1996
Show, E.S. Lawrence Galleries, Aspen, Colorado, 1995
Show, Southwest Galleries, Dallas, 1995
Show, E.S. Lawrence Galleries, Aspen, Colorado, 1994
Show, Southwest Galleries, Dallas, 1994
Show, E.S. Lawrence Galleries, Aspen, Colorado, 1993
Show, Southwest Galleries, Dallas, 1993
Commission, 9'x9'x6' Pegasus and Bellerophon, monumental bronze for front of Casualty Indemnity Exchange Building, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1990-1991
Show, Images, Shelton, Connecticut, 1992
Show, E.S. Lawrence Galleries, Aspen, Colorado, 1992
One-man show, Artist's Studio and Gallery, Columbia, Missouri, 1992
Show, Southwest Galleries, Dallas, 1992
Commission, 5'x2'x3' bronze "Venus" for Senior Hall, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, Funded by State Farm Insurance Co., 1991
Show, E.S. Lawrence Galleries, Aspen, Colorado, 1991
Show, Southwest Galleries, Dallas, 1991
Show, Columbia Art League, Columbia, Missouri, 1991
Show, McClaren Markowitz, Boulder, Colorado, 1991
Show, "Missouri Artists: Then and Now"--Thomas Hart Benton, Larry Young and Pamela Lenck-Bradford, 1990
Show, E.S. Lawrence Galleries, Aspen, Colorado, 1990
Show, Artexpo NY, Jacob Javits Center, New York, 1990
Commission, 9.5' x 3.5' x 2.5' bronze "Tango" for the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts, Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri, 1990
Show, Sculpture Showplace, Atlanta, 1989
Show, Artexpo NY, Jacob Javits Center, New York, 1989
Show, Robertson Gallery, Beverly Hills, 1988
Show, Boody Fine Arts, St. Louis, 1988
One-man show, Images, S. Norwalk, Connecticut, 1988
Show, University of Missouri Hospital, Columbia, 1988
One-man show, Boone County National Bank, Columbia, Missouri, 1987
One-man show, Robertson Gallery, Beverly Hills, 1987
Commission, 16'x8'x3' stainless steel, copper, and aluminum hanging mobile "Celestial Reflections" for Boone County Bank atrium, Columbia, Missouri, 1987
Show, Boody Fine Arts, St. Louis, 1987
Show and traveling exhibit, sponsored by Asian Pacific Conference on Arts Education, Japan, 1987-1988
Commission, 4.5' x 4.5’ x 2.5’ bronze "Pegasus and Bellerophon" for Jean Cukier, M.D., Doctors Center, Houston, 1987
One-man show, University of Missouri Ellis Library Dedication, 1987
Show, Images, S. Norwalk, Connecticut, 1987
One-man show, Robertson Gallery, Beverly Hills, 1987
Show, University of Missouri Medical Center, Columbia, 1986
One-man show, Artexpo NY, New York City, 1986
Show, Invitational Sculpture Walk, Crystal Palace, Jacob Javits Convention Center, Artexpo, NY, 1986
Commission, 7.5'x3'x2.5' bronze "Infinitude" for Cambridge I, Trumbull, Connecticut, 1986.
Show, Images, S. Norwalk, Connecticut, 1986
Show, Boody Fine Arts, St. Louis, 1985-1986
Show, Corporate Art West, Seattle, 1985
One-man show, Artexpo NY, New York City, 1985
One-man show, J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1985
One-man show, Columbia Art League, Columbia, Missouri, 1985
One-man show, Anden Gallery, St. Louis, 1985
One-man show, Robertson Gallery, Riverside, California, 1984
One-man show, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri, 1984
Show, Signature Arts Gallery, Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, 1984
Show, Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1984
One-man show, Artexpo NY, New York City, 1984
Show, General Electric Co., Fairfield, Connecticut, 1984
Show, Images, Danbury, Connecticut, 1984
Show, Anden Gallery, Laclede's Landing, St. Louis, 1983-1984
Commission, 5.5'x3'x2' bronze "Unity" for Illinois College McGaw Fine Arts Center, 1983-1984
One-man show, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, Missouri, 1983
Show, Signature Arts Gallery, Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, 1983
One-man show, Artexpo NY, 1983
Show, Brush Gallery, Houston, 1983
One-man show, Missouri Festival of the Arts, 1983
Show, Brush Gallery, Houston, 1982
One-man show, Artist's Studio, Columbia, Missouri, 1982
One-man show, Artexpo NY, 1982
One-man show, Albrecht Museum, St. Joseph, Missouri, 1981
One-man show, Commerce Bank, Columbia, Missouri, 1981
One-man show, Artexpo NY, New York City, 1981
Show, Shidoni 7th Outdoor Sculpture Show, Santa Fe, 1981
Show, "Missouri Bronze," Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri, 1981
Show, Frank Woods Art Gallery, Houston, 1981
Show, Boody Fine Arts, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1981
One-man show, Southwest II Gallery, Dallas, 1980
One-man show, International Sculpture Exhibit, Boston, 1980
Show, Shidoni 6th Outdoor Sculpture Show, Santa Fe, 1980
Show, Boody Fine Arts, Jefferson City, Missouri, 1980
Show, Frank Woods Art Gallery, Houston, 1980
One-m an show, International Sculpture Exhibit, New York City, 1979
Show, Shidoni Outdoor Sculpture Show, Santa Fe, 1979
One-man show, Southwest II Gallery, Dallas, 1979
Show, Annual Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, 1979
Traveling Exhibit, Mercer Community College Sponsor, Trenton, New Jersey, 1979-1980
Show, Annual Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, 1978
Commission, 6'x4'x2.5' bronze "Dance" for the front of Southwest II Art Gallery, Dallas, 1978-1979
Traveling Exhibit, South Dakota Memorial Art Center, 1978-79
Show, Columbia Art League, Columbia, Missouri, 1978
One-man Show, Mariani, Pietrasanta, Italy, 1978HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Winner, Springfield Library Competition, Springfield, Missouri, 1999
Selected as a member of the University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology Museum Associates Board of Directors, 1999-
Winner, Women for Women Art Competition, Missouri, 1995
Winner, Central Missouri State University Sculpture Competition, 1994
Winner, Kansas City Kansas Community College Sculpture Competition, 1992
Selected for inclusion in American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporaries, 1989
Winner, Cottey College Performing Arts Center Sculpture Commission Competition, 1989
Professional Artist Representative, Columbia Public Schools Art Committee to develop an innovative art curriculum for K-12, Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts
Winner, Boone County Bank Atrium Sculpture Competition, 1987
Selected to represent the arts for the city of Columbia for the 1989 Columbia College Japan and Taiwan Friendship Tour
Feature story, Columbia Magazine, November, 1987
Distinguished Alumni Award, Columbia College, 1984
Member, Art for Life Board, University of Missouri Hospital, 1986-91
Member, Columbia Art League Artists Advisory Board, 1988-90
Produced video tapes of sculpting and casting process of a monumental bronze, 1986, 1988
Artist in the Schools Program, workshops for 5th and 6th graders, Columbia Public Schools, 1989-1991
Constructed personal bronze casting foundry, Columbia, 1983
Participant, numerous panels of professional artists, Columbia College, University of Missouri, and Truman State University
Selected for inclusion in American Artists of Renown, 1981
Documentary, "Spanning the Visual Arts," “Larry Young's bronze sculpture”, Local PBS Affiliate, 1981
Woodcock Charitable Trust Grant and Cooke Foundation Grant, 1976-1978