Michael Beatty
Untitled (arbor) 2004
turned maple sapling,, 16 ' x 2 "x 2 "

In both his sculptural work and drawings, Michael Beatty explores the intersection of the systematic and sensuous. Beatty's sculptures are evocative hybrids of tool, biological form, vessel and spiritual container.

Beatty's work is represented in numerous collections including the DeCordova Museum and the Fogg Art Museum. He has exhibited widely in New England, most recently with a solo show at the Barbara Krakow Gallery in 2003. Last year he was co-recipient of the St. Boltoph Club Foundation Award for Sculpture and completed a residency at the MacDowell Colony where he began this series of lathe-turned trees.

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