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Florence Neal

Artworks

1987

Fossil Fuels

Florence Neal
1986

Hallett’s Cove

Florence Neal

Exhibitions

September 28, 1986 - March 31, 1987

Inaugural Exhibition

Vito Acconci, Bill Buchen, Rosemarie Castoro, Mark di Suvero, Melvin Edwards, Lauren Ewing, Linda Fleming, Richard Mock, Owen Morrel, Florence Neal, Paul Pappas, Scott Pfaffman, Salvatore Romano, Richard Stankiewicz, Bill Tucker
October 26-27, 1987

Outside In

Vivien Abrams Collens, Bill Buchen, Rosemarie Castoro, Dennis Connors, Chris Dashke, Tony de Varco, Mark di Suvero, Terry Lee Dill, Melvin Edwards, Heide Fasnacht, Thomas Faulkner, Claudia Fitch, Linda Fleming, Gene Flores, James Garvey, Cristos Gianakos, Kate Hunt, Glenda Hydler, Germaine Keller, Helen Lessick, Edward Mayer, Richard Mock, John Morse, Florence Neal, Richard Nonas, Paul Pappas, Sara Pasti, Scott Pfaffman, Jody Pinto, Marilyn Reynolds, Salvatore Romano, Guy Scohy, Rudolph Serra, Robert Stackhouse, Gene Thompson, Dirk Van Dall, Ursula von Rydingsvard

Documents

Artist Working with Wood

Florence Neal
1993

Oral History

Oral History – Owen Morrel

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Sculptor Owen Morrel discusses with interviewer Paige Laino his participation in Socrates Sculpture Park’s inaugural exhibition (1985–86), including how he was connected to the park through arts patron Ruth Cummings and Whitney Museum director Adam Weinberg, and recounts installing his sculpture “Anchor” near the East River with founder Mark di Suvero. Morrel traces his path from ceramics training at the School of Visual Arts and Brooklyn Museum to metal sculpture, describing public art projects across 1970s–80s Manhattan and Brooklyn, including an unauthorized rooftop installation that landed on the cover of the Village Voice and a landmark-approved piece on the McGraw-Hill Building. He situates Socrates within the wider downtown New York art scene of the period, recalling personal connections to figures such as Julian Schnabel, Gordon Matta-Clark, Keith Haring, and Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The interview closes with reflections on his later life, career, and the loss of his wife, alongside his observations on how the freewheeling, low-cost art world of Manhattan no longer exists.

Related Artists

Vito Acconci Bill Buchen Rosemarie Castoro Mark di Suvero Melvin Edwards Lauren Ewing Linda Fleming Richard Mock Owen Morrel Paul Pappas Scott Pfaffman Salvatore Romano Richard Stankiewicz Bill Tucker Vivien Abrams Collens Dennis Connors Chris Dashke Tony de Varco Terry Lee Dill Heide Fasnacht Thomas Faulkner Claudia Fitch Gene Flores James Garvey Cristos Gianakos Kate Hunt Glenda Hydler Germaine Keller Helen Lessick Edward Mayer John Morse Richard Nonas Sara Pasti Jody Pinto Marilyn Reynolds Guy Scohy Rudolph Serra Robert Stackhouse Gene Thompson Dirk Van Dall Ursula von Rydingsvard
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