--- title: "292 - Taking Shape, Group 6/25-7/29 2011" date: 2017-08-22T18:07:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/292-taking-shape-group-6-25-7-29-2011" 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) ](/) Taking Shape Group Show Jun 24 – Jul 28, 2011 ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 06 1](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/8090/Taking-Shape-Installation-View-2011_06_1.jpg) Taking Shape, 2011 installation view Artists [Joseph Beuys](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/joseph-beuys) [Chris Burden](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/chris-burden-) [Rico Gatson](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/rico-gatson) [Kelly Heaton](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/kelly-heaton) [Christine Hill](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/christine-hill) [Pepón Osorio](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/pep%C3%B3n-osorio) Roxy Paine [Sam Van Aken](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) [Hannah Wilke](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) Description Ronald Feldman Fine Arts will exhibit Taking Shape, a group show of sculptural works from 1974 to 2011 by artists associated with the gallery. Limited to objects that possess shape rather than depict it, the selected works include traditionally-crafted sculptures and transformed ready-mades that comment on a wide-range of pertinent social issues, from a variety of perspectives. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/Group-Shows/Taking-Shape-2011.pdf) ![Wilke Primary Life On White 1983 92 Installation Shot](/assets/exhibition_images/Group/2011-Takign-Shape/Wilke-Primary-Life-on-white-1983-92-installation-shot.JPG) Hannah Wilke Primary Life on White, 1983-92 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Wilke Primary Life On White 1983 92 Installation Shot]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Primary Life on White, 1983-92 ![Beuys Noiseless Blackboard Eraser 1974]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Joseph Beuys Noiseless Blackboard Eraser, 1974 ![Beuys Rose For Direct Democracy 1987 A]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Joseph Beuys Rose for Direct Democracy, 1987 ![Heaton Case Of The Disemboweled Doll 2002 B]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Kelly Heaton Case of the Disemboweled Doll, 2002 ![Osorio Untitled In Denial 2003]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Pepón Osorio Untitled (In Denial), 2003 ![Burden Relic Prelude To 220 Or 110 1976]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Chris Burden Relic Prelude to 220 or 110, 1976 ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 01](/assets/exhibition_images/Group/2011-Takign-Shape/Taking-Shape-Installation-View-2011_01.JPG) Taking Shape, 2011 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 01]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Taking Shape, 2011 installation view ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 02]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Taking Shape, 2011 installation view ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 04]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Taking Shape, 2011 installation view ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 05]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Taking Shape, 2011 installation view ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 06]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Taking Shape, 2011 installation view ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 01](/assets/exhibition_images/Group/2011-Takign-Shape/Taking-Shape-Installation-View-2011_01.JPG) ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 02](/assets/exhibition_images/Group/2011-Takign-Shape/Taking-Shape-Installation-View-2011_02.JPG) ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 04](/assets/exhibition_images/Group/2011-Takign-Shape/Taking-Shape-Installation-View-2011_04.JPG) ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 05](/assets/exhibition_images/Group/2011-Takign-Shape/Taking-Shape-Installation-View-2011_05.JPG) ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 06](/assets/exhibition_images/Group/2011-Takign-Shape/Taking-Shape-Installation-View-2011_06.JPG) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 01]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Taking Shape, 2011 installation view ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 02]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Taking Shape, 2011 installation view ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 04]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Taking Shape, 2011 installation view ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 05]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Taking Shape, 2011 installation view ![Taking Shape Installation View 2011 06]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Taking Shape, 2011 installation view Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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