Willard Boepple

Willard Boepple has exhibited widely since the mid-’70s. One of America’s most respected sculptors, Boepple is known as an artist’s artist. His wooden sculptures are primarily influenced by utilitarian sculptures that interact with humans, such as: ladders, shelves, and mechanisms with levers and cogs. It is not the objects themselves that are of interest, but their dimensions and proportions. His craftsmanship displays a modernist sense of connection with the long history of sculpture. His work can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Storm King Art Center in New York, and Numerous other public and private collections around the world.