Loren Madsen (born 1943) is an American sculptor. Madsen has been cited for his innovations in representing data through sculpture.[1] Madsen has created a carved wood sculpture that visualized the American defense budget,[2][3] A 1994 work titled CPI visualized changes in the consumer price index.[4]
His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston,[5] the Anderson Collection at Stanford University,[6] and the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[7] His personal papers are held in the Archives of American Art.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Interview with Loren Madsen: The Birth of Data Sculpture". dataphys.org.
- ^ Art in America. Art in America, Incorporated. 1996.
- ^ "Reed Magazine: Making Visual Sense (1/3)". www.reed.edu.
- ^ Tremblay, Jean-Thomas; Strombeck, Andrew (1 September 2021). Avant-Gardes in Crisis: Art and Politics in the Long 1970s. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-8517-1.
- ^ "Loren Madsen: Knots". mfah.org.
- ^ "Wend | Anderson Collection at Stanford University".
- ^ "Wood construction II, 1976 by Loren Madsen". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.
- ^ Simms, Matthew (31 January 2018). "Acquisitions: Loren Madsen Papers". www.aaa.si.edu.