GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.- Coinciding with the fourth annual ArtPrize competition, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park will host 26 U.S. and international artists in the group exhibition “Body Double: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture.” This exhibition focuses on the human figure as both an object and a metaphor.

The exhibition officially begins with ArtPrize on September 19 and will remain on display in Meijer Gardens’ sculpture galleries until January 6, 2013.

“We wanted to build on the strength and variety of the figurative tradition of Meijer Gardens’ acclaimed permanent collection,” said Joseph Becherer, Vice President and Chief Curator of Sculpture. “This exhibition explores a renewal of interest in the subject, from objects to installations while surveying a broad spectrum of concepts, forms and materials.”

“Body Double: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture” illustrates the diversity and depth of the figure in Contemporary Art, from more literal terms to those implied or symbolically stated.

"Looking at both established and emerging sculptors from across the globe, I believe we have assembled a strong visual statement about the strength and viability of the figure in contemporary sculpture,” said Becherer.

Artists
• Diana Al-Hadid (American) – Untitled (Blind Bust), 2012. Bronze, 74 x 24 x 20 inches

• John Buck (American) – Once in a Blue Moon, 2011. Wood, acrylic paint, and motor, 119 x 94 x 40 inches

• Khalil Chishtee (Pakistani) – Toe to Toe, 2012. White trash bags, 84 x 32 x 20 inches

• Zhang Dali (Chinese) – N. 211, 2010/2011. Resin, 67x19.5x11.8 inches

• Isabel De Obaldia (American) – Torso Iguana, 2011. Glass, 70x16x16 inches (31 x 20 x 6 1/2" with metal base)

• Lawrence Epps (British) – Human Resources, 2011. Ceramic, 82.7x59x23.6 inches

• Carole Feuerman (American) – Quan, 2012. Painted bronze and stainless steel, 66.5x60x43 inches

• Anne Harrington Hughes (American) – The Dying We Lived Through, 2012. Mixed media/ready-made object installation, 96 x 96 x 96 inches

• Rolf Jacobsen (Danish) – Phaethon, 2011. Wood and gesso, 7.9x5.1x6.3 inches

• Kurt Kaiser (American) – Dance of Castoffs, 2012. Found objects with poppy stalks, 8 x 8 x 8 feet

• Eckhard Kremers (German) – Amazone, 2011. Mixed media: paper, wood, leather, tape and acrylic, 56 inches. H x 23 inches W, ground plate 20 x 20 x 2 inches

• June Lee (Korean) – Bystander, 2011. Fiber, 2011 approximately 6 x 72 x 72 inches

• Shawn Lefevre (American) – The Others Will Follow, 2012. Plaster, steel and wood, 90x37x21 inches

• Jennifer McCandless (American) – Baby Boomer Pile Up, 2012. Ceramic stoneware, 30 x 20 x 20 inches

• Deanna Morse (American) – Skin, 2012. Film/Video.

• Dora Natella (American) – Overseer, 2012. Bronze and Aluminum, 157x13x18 inches

• Nan Nickson (American) – This Mortal Coil: Joy, 2012. Cotton, twine and beeswax, 72 x 36 x 36 inches

• Roger Reutimann (Swiss) – Some Assembly Required, 2012. Stainless steel, polished/sandblasted, 88 x 40 x 24 inches

• Alison Saar (American) – Foison and Fallow, 2011/2012. Wood, copper, bronze, and acrylic paint, 72 x 22 x 16 inches and 75 x 20 x 19 inches

• Cort Savage (American) – Canons, 2010-2011. Archival rubber bands, bronze human skulls, tanakh, Bible, Qur'an, x-rays, light boxes and hardware, 70 x 90 x 36 inches

• Carol Schwartz (American) – Harriet and Louis, 2009. Wood and paint, 52 x 14 x 13 inches

• Lim Seung-Chun (Korean) – A Cast Away, 2009. Reinforced polymer fiberglass, 36 x 10 x 8 inches

• Christy Singleton (American) – Sally, 2011/2012. Reinforced cardboard, silicone, house paint and metal pipes, 144 x 144 x 26 inches

• Meri Tancredi (Italian) – Templum, 2011. LED-illuminated carved plexiglass and white marble on black cloth, 63 x 118 inches

• Angel Vapor (Cuban) – Labor, 2010/2011. Bronze, wood and iron, 48 x 120 x 24 inches

• Paloma Varga-Weisz (German) – Untitled, 2009. Glazed ceramic, 20 1/8 x 17 3/4 x 11 7