Exhibition List_2020 Inaugural_Irving and Aaronel deRoy Gruber Foundation

The Irving and Aaronel deRoy Gruber Foundation Exhibiton Catalog 2020

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

Zap 1974 acrylic 4 x 3.5 x 3 inches

Square Peg in a Round Hole 1971 Serigraph 28.5 x 28.5 inches

Untitled 1971 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 Blue Bridge Near Chalfont, Pennsylvania

Top Row (left to right): 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): Luv in (Sex and the Single Sculpture) 1978 steel 72 x 44 x 23 inches

Untitled painted steel 74 x 34 x 18 inches

The Dancer painted steel 60 x 28 x 16 inches