With the help of his wife, Helen, Segal was able to make parts of a body cast and assemble them into a complete seated figure. Segal provided an environment for his body cast by adding a chair, a ...

Space is a central part of experiencing any artwork: the angle from which we view it, the way it changes as we move, the context in which it is exhibited. But no form works its alchemy on space like ...

George Segal had a way of confounding expectations. His father wanted him to be a scientist, or at least a chicken farmer -- something practical and secure. So Segal majored in art. At the time Segal ...

Marking the centennial of George Segal's birth in 1924, the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers—New Brunswick welcomes visitors to experience more than 60 works: some familiar, others rarely seen. The ...

Sculptor George Segal is a onetime New Jersey chicken farmer who flew the coop to make plaster casts of people. Last week he got a mighty nice little nest egg for all his efforts: the $5,000 first ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, ...

The show moves through four decades of Segal’s work, from abstract expressionist paintings to plaster cast figures. On view at Rutgers’ Zimmerli Art Museum. George Segal “Seated with Bus Riders” (1964 ...

Recording has some muffled speech. Burt Chernow interviews artist George Segal. Discussion topics include Segal's friendship with Christo and Jeanne-Claude, his thoughts on their art and art in ...