Joel Shapiro: Out of the Blue Books raised to a state of

raised to a state of oceanic self-identity and self-enjoyment

For Visual Persuasion

Presenting color images of each artist’s work alongside archival photographs

and Numbers series

Robert Pincus-Witten

Joel Shapiro: Out of the Blue Books raised to a state ofI like how all these disparate pieces seem to cling together. Their energy, bursting outward, is that of an ecstatic dance. It is a magnum opus of supreme musicality. Vincent Katz With vibrant images and foldout pages, this publication evokes the forms of Shapiros large scale, colorful sculptures and maquettes made of wood, wire, and bronze from his 2024 exhibition at Pace Gallery in New York. Also included is an essay by poet and scholar Vincent Katz.