The 46th Annual
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood:
Birth of a Shadow
Lauren Clark, Guest Curator
This exhibition closed October 21, 2024







“Birth of a Shadow” is the 2024 site-specific contemporary outdoor sculpture exhibition, guest curated by gallerist Lauren Clark of Lauren Clark Fine Art and Childs + Clark Gallery. Clark has chosen 7 regional sculptors whose work serves as an evocative exploration of the intersection between light, space, and form – thoughtfully placed throughout Chesterwood’s woodland walks and grounds. The artists include Peter Barrett, Peter Dellert, DeWitt Godfrey, Wendy Klemperer, Michael Thomas, Natalie Tyler and Joe Wheaton.
BIRTH OF A SHADOW
CHECKLIST
Please direct sales inquiries to Guest Curator Lauren Clark at lauren@laurenclarkfineart.com
A fully tax deductible portion of all sales go directly to support programming at Chesterwood.
Peter Dellert
Doesn’t Hold Water 2024
Found recycled automobile catalytic converter covers and vintage oil drum lid on steel armature.
$3,500
Michael Thomas
Leaf
2011
Repurposed salvaged steel.
$9000
Peter Barrett
Queen and King
2023
Welded steel on cast concrete bases.
$8,600
Peter Barrett
Woman Bearing; Man
2024
Stainless steel on mild steel base.
$16,000
Peter Dellert
Many Handed Bodhisattva
2024
Recycled lawnmower body, vintage radiators, vintage hand tools, carved locust wood, found objects, recycled steel, vintage glass lenses, vintage automobile chains.
$15,000
Michael Thomas
Yellow Moon on
the Rise
2023
Repurposed salvaged steel.
$8,000
Peter Barrett
For Sanjiban
1992
Stainless steel on mild steel base.
$8,600
Joe Wheaton
Kabuki Series, Raven #4
2024
Stainless steel
$28,000
Natalie Tyler
Kaleidoscope
2024
Glass and bronze
$28,500
in edition of seven
Joe Wheaton
Kabuki Series, Refuge
2024
Enamel on steel
$24,000
Wendy Klemperer
Interloper (Vulpes vulpes)
2023
Salvaged steel
$14,000
Joe Wheaton
Fate Could Wink
2024
Aluminum
$12,000
Wendy Klemperer
Chesterwood Catamount
2024
Salvaged steel
$30,000
DeWitt Godfrey
Audrey and Hettie
2024
Corten steel
$85,000 each
Wendy Klemperer
New England Gothic
2024
Salvaged steel.
Top $8,000
Middle $10,000
Bottom $12,000
(All three $30,000)
Peter Dellert
Shrine to Work
2024
Vintage hand tools, vintage wheelbarrow, stove parts, trumpet horns, vintage loom spindles, found objects, locust wood, candles, marble base
$4,500