--- title: "195 - The Shape of Form, Wexler 9/12-10/10 1998" date: 2017-08-21T18:41:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/195-the-shape-of-form-wexler-9-12-10-10-1998" section: Exhibition --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) The Shape of Form [Allan Wexler](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/allan-wexler) Sep 11 – Oct 9, 1998 ![Wexler Two Studies For Roof Pitches And Diagonal Concave Roof 1997](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/6183/Wexler-Two-Studies-for-Roof-Pitches-and-Diagonal-Concave-Roof-1997.jpg) Allan Wexler L: Two Studies for Roof Pitches, 1997 Description Allan Wexler’s exhibition, The Shape of Form, continues the artist’s investigation of the relationships between the applied arts and the fine arts and explores the nature of invention and the creative process. In Re-Searching the House (36 studies) and Indeterminacy (4 pieces), Wexler pairs the issues of site, construction, materials, and function with the process of subconscious design and discovery within self-imposed restrictions of time, size, and material. This has resulted in new and unpredictable house forms. Some of these investigations were also the catalyst for his most recent paintings and sculptures. The archetypal house, the generic chair, and the 2 x 4 timber are simultaneously abstract shapes and concrete forms. Working with common structures, Wexler probes the relationship between architectural drawings and the objects they represent, as well as the illusion created by paintings and the objects depicted. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/1998_Wexler_Shape-of-Form-Press-Release.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) View Artist ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/allan-wexler) ![Wexler Chairs 1998 9](/assets/exhibition_images/Wexler-Chairs-1998-_-9.JPG) Allan Wexler Chairs, 1998 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Wexler Chairs 1998 9]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Allan Wexler Chairs, 1998 ![Wexler Expandable Building 1996]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Allan Wexler Expandable Building, 1996 ![Wexler Four Horizontal Hinged Walls Building 1996]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Allan Wexler Four Horizontal Hinged Walls - Building, 1996 ![Wexler Expandable Building 1996]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Allan Wexler Expandable Building, 1996 ![Wexler Widened Studs Building 1996]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Allan Wexler Widended STuds - Building, 1996 ![Wexler Thin Frame Building 1996 Detail]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Allan Wexler Thin Frame - Building, 1996 ![Wexler House 1998]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Allan Wexler House, 1998 ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View D 1998](/assets/exhibition_images/Wexler-The-Shape-of-Form-install-view-D-1998.JPG) The Shape of Form View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View D 1998]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Shape of Form installation view ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View E 1998]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Shape of Form installation view ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View H 1998]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Shape of Form installation view ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View F 1998]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Shape of Form installation view ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View A 1998]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Shape of Form installation view ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View B 1998]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Shape of Form installation view ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View D 1998](/assets/exhibition_images/Wexler-The-Shape-of-Form-install-view-D-1998.JPG) ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View E 1998](/assets/exhibition_images/Wexler-The-Shape-of-Form-install-view-E-1998.JPG) ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View H 1998](/assets/exhibition_images/Wexler-The-Shape-of-Form-install-view-H-1998.JPG) ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View F 1998](/assets/exhibition_images/Wexler/1998-shape-of-form/Wexler-The-Shape-of-Form-install-view-F-1998.JPG) ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View A 1998](/assets/exhibition_images/Wexler/1998-shape-of-form/Wexler-The-Shape-of-Form-install-view-A-1998.JPG) ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View B 1998](/assets/exhibition_images/Wexler/1998-shape-of-form/Wexler-The-Shape-of-Form-install-view-B-1998.JPG) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View D 1998]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Shape of Form installation view ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View E 1998]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Shape of Form installation view ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View H 1998]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Shape of Form installation view ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View F 1998]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Shape of Form installation view ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View A 1998]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Shape of Form installation view ![Wexler The Shape Of Form Install View B 1998]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) The Shape of Form installation view Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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