Exhibition List_2020 Inaugural_Irving and Aaronel deRoy Gruber Foundation
The Irving and Aaronel deRoy Gruber Foundation
Exhibiton Catalog
On view at the Irving and Aaronel deRoy Gruber Foundation are nearly a hundred works by Aaronel deRoy Gruber and materials from her studio, selected from the Foundation’s sizable collection and diverse archive, with some objects shown for the first time. This inaugural exhibition, covering primarily the 1960s-1980s period of Aaronel’s studio practice, includes a range of the artist’s vibrant sculptures integrating tinted, vacuum-formed acrylic and Plexiglas, several with kinetic and light elements; abstract expressionist paintings and minimalist dimensional canvases; serigraphs and prints incorporating fluorescent pigments; wearable sculptural accessories; and photographs demonstrating the artist’s eye for geometric patterns throughout architecture and design. Also on-site is an outdoor installation of ten large-scale solid steel and aluminum sculptures, which the artist crafted in conjunction with American Forge & Manufacturing Co., McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania and other fabricators. Maquettes, technical drawings and documentation offer a glimpse into public art commissions achieved by the artist. An assortment of Aaronel’s material samples, original exhibition or promotional items, and studio notes illustrate the production processes as well as public face of a remarkable artist.
Brittany Reilly, Executive Director January, 2020
Entrance Foyer
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Untitled 1961
acrylic, canvas, original wooden frame 6 x 4 feet
Beloved Awakening - “Amado Despietate” 1961
acrylic, canvas, original wooden frame 6 x 4 feet
Pillow-Plex (Single Mitosis) 1974
Plexiglas, solid brass frame, metal, springs 47 x 47 x 24 inches
Plexiglas Pendant 1971
Plexiglas, liquid 3 x 3 inches
Entrance Foyer
All artworks by Aaronel
deRoy Gruber
Untitled 1961
acrylic, canvas, original wooden frame 6 x 4 feet
Bent White 1961
acrylic, canvas, wood 4 x 4 feet
Platform
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Mirror, Mirror - Reflections 1967
Plexiglas
30 x 30 x 4 inches
Restriatic 1969 Edition 1/8
Plexiglas
35 x 21.5 x 17.5 inches
Untitled
Plexiglas, metal
5 x 5 x 4 inches
Retrocube 1976
Plexiglas, metal, motor
32 x 14 x 14 inches
Platform
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Component of Orbital Cube
Edition 1/10
Plexiglas
10 x 10 x 10 inches
Life of its Own 1972
Plexiglas, metal, chrome base, motor, light 34 x 27 x 26 inches
Triatica 1977
Plexiglas, metal, chrome base, motor
12.5 x 12.5 x 36 inches
Inside Women’s Blues 1969
Edition 2/22
Serigraph 19 x 18 inches
Platform
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Multiplex 4 1971
Plexiglas, metal 8.5 x 7.25 x 6.5 inches
Pipe Dreams 1982
Plexiglas, metal 6 x 6 x 9 inches
Three Editions of Bon Vivant, 1976 Edition of 10 screenprint, framed, unframed 11 x 8 inches
Untitled
Plexiglas 20 x 11 x 11 inches
Platform
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Various acrylic pieces
x 3.5 x 3 inches
Square Peg in a Round Hole
Serigraph 28.5 x 28.5 inches
Untitled
Plexiglas, metal 19 x 14 x 16.5 inches
Platform
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Permutation I 1974
Plexiglas, metal, chrome base, motor 15 x 15 x 20 inches
Original casting cells for Vacuum formed acrylic, Studio of Aaronel De Roy Gruber
Original casting cells for Vacuum formed acrylic, Studio of Aaronel De Roy Gruber
Small sculptural and sample 1960s
Plexiglas Various sizes
Platform
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Reconciliation
Plexiglas, metal, chrome base, light, motor 10.5 x 10.5 x 25.5 inches
Untitled Aluminum
60 x 12 inches
Untitled 1970
Plexiglas, light
5.25 x 5.25 x 5.25 inches
Untitled 1969 Edition 2/8
Plexiglas 8 x 5 x 7.5 inches
Platform
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Component of a sculpture
1969
Plexiglas 5 x 5 x 4 inches
Plexiglas sample sheets Plexiglas Various sizes
Moment in Time
1968
Plexiglas
14.5 x 14.5 x 18.5 inches
Dayglo Fluorescent pigments Various colors
Platform
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Green Pastures Artist Proof
1967
Print
18.5 x 25.5 inches
To Each His Own Artist Proof
1967
Print
24 x 15 inches
Untitled,
Print
25.5 x 19.5 inches
Triatica, Go Within
Plexiglas, metal
19 x 14.5 x 32 inches
Platform
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Go Fly a Triad 1969
Plexiglas, metal, chrome, motor 55 x 18 x 43 inches
Center Pedestals
All artworks by Aaronel
deRoy Gruber
Turning Blue 1975
Plexiglas, chrome based, motor, light
20 x 16 x 14 inches
Hooper
Plexiglas, metal, chrome base, motor, light
27 x 20.5 x 20.5 inches
Untitled
Plexiglas, metal, chrome base, motor, light
36 x 15 inches
In a Spin Maxi
Plexiglas, chrome base, motor
61 x 18 x 24 inches
Center Pedestals
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Pillow Plex II
1981
Plexiglas, metal, motor
42.5 x 49 x 33 inches
Back Wall
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Yes,
blue neon, plywood, canvas, acrylic, metal, transformer box
61 x 42.5 x 6 inches
No
acrylic, custom wood armature, canvas Signed, labeled A.Gruber 60 x 42 x 1.5 inches Untitled Plastic
Photo Wall
All photographs by
Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Top Row (left to right):
Blue Bridge Near Chalfont, Pennsylvania
Fission II 1896 Florida Camera, Leica R
Crystal Cathedral 1986
Orange County, California Camera, Leica R
Crystal Sky 1984
Orange County, California Camera, Leica R
Splintered Landscape III 1986
Florida Camera, Leica R
Geometric Study II 1986
Photo Wall
All photographs by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Bottom Row (left to right):
Over and Under 1988
Pittsburgh, PA Camera, Leica R
Architectural Rhythms
1988
Florida Camera, Leica R
Dispersion
1980
Florida Camera, Leica R
Bell Rhythms
1986
California Camera, Leica R
Balconies
1983
San Antonio, TX Silk screen
Left Wall
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Septet
1979 and 1967
Edition 1/16 and 2/16
Hung as a Diptych
Screenprints, signed
34.25 x 60.5 inches
Septet
1967
Edition 7/15
Screenprint, signed
61.5 x 37 inches
Untitled
Plexiglas, metal, chrome base, motor, light
36 x 15 inches
White Inversion
Plastic
36 x 36 x 10.5 inches
Hallway
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Solipsistic-Nucleus II
oil on hardboard, painted wood frame
95.5 x 44 x 3 inches
Black Totem 1969
acrylic on hardboard, painted wood frame
122 x 22 x 7 inches
Solipsistic Theme 1966
acrylic on hardboard, painted wood frame
96 x 48 x 2.75 inches
Untitled
acrylic on hardboard
48.5 x 49 x 6 inches, painted wood frame
Outside Gallery
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber (left to right):
The Bell
painted steel
42 x 44 x 40 inches
Untitled
painted steel
74 x 34 x 18 inches
Over and Under
painted aluminum
70 x 45 x 40 inches
Stopover in Space
1981 aluminum
64 x 58 x 58 inches
Outside Gallery
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber (left to right):
Untitled aluminum
36 x 44 x 24 inches
Untitled
painted steel
12 x 17 x 10.5 inches
Untitled
painted steel
34 x 9 x 24 inches
Untitled painted steel
21 x 21.5 x 8 inches
Outside Gallery
All artworks by Aaronel deRoy Gruber (left to right):
