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The seismic shifts that continually rocked visual culture in the 20th century reverberated in sculpture. Indeed, it is those qualities which distinguish sculpture—positive and negative space and weight—that allowed the medium to perhaps best express the dominant aesthetic of the last century: Abstraction. As explored in Hirschl & Adler Galleries’ viewing room, American sculptors explored Realism in sculpture during the 19th century. In contrast, American sculptors in the 20th century, and continuing through today, have pushed the medium to new and broader limits.

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