Jane Manus
“Since her first exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art, Manus’ work has been recognized nationally for its contrast between strength and power and
the decorative touch of bright and unmarred color. Jane Manus does not fear scale and where possible, would extend her works in various directions by as much as 40 feet...[She] resists the closure of circle, the suggestion of arc in favor of reliance on line, square, rectangle, and parallelogram to enclose or suggest enclosure of space - and its extension - without the contrast of that expansiveness into pen, compartment, or cell.”
— William U. Eiland Director, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Characterizing herself as a Constructivist-turned-Minimalist, Jane Manus produces abstract sculptures that punctuate the spaces into which they are set with their brightly colored surfaces and bold forms. In her works, she explores symmetry, balance, and form through carefully positioned geometric shapes, often squares and rectangles, and linear forms. At once industrial and organic, the hard angles and highly finished surfaces of her pieces are softened by references to the human body and nature.
Manus’s work has been widely exhibited and is held in public and private collections including the Lincoln Center/List Collection, New York; White Space, West Palm Beach; Columbus Museum, Georgia; Sagamore Collection, Miami Beach; Vero Beach Museum of Art; Georgia Museum of Art; Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale; Boca Raton Museum of Art; Mississippi Museum of Art; Flint Institute of Arts; Butler Institute of American Art; Wichita Art Museum; and Snow Becker Krauss, New York, among others.