Samarkand
By Jack Youngerman
Category: Sculpture
About
Youngerman finds inspiration in art and artifacts from around the world. The title Samarkand refers to the ancient city located along the Silk Road, an important trading route. The city experienced numerous conquests during its 2,500 year history, creating a culture that mixed together Iranian, European and Asian influences. The form of this sculpture resembles one of the most distinctive forms of Japanese art–a folding screen, combined with elements drawn from Middle Eastern architecture.
Courtesy of The Gateway Foundation.
Dimensions: 80.5″ x 80.5″
Year Completed: 1981
Material: Enamel on aluminum
Owner: Gateway Foundation
About the artist:
Jack Youngerman
Artist Bio: b. 2926
Jack Youngerman was born in 1926 in Webster Groves, Missouri. Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, he returned to his native Missouri for college at the University of Missouri, in Columbia. There, he majored in journalism, and also took his first drawing course. After serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II, the G.I. Bill helped Youngerman continue his art education, at Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Youngerman’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; the Museum of Fine Art, Houston; the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York; the List Visual Arts Center at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
