My Modern Met writes about "Celestial Bodies"
- Aug 1, 2025
- 1 min read
Celestial Bodies: Sculpture by Karen LaMonte is a major career retrospective at the Munson Museum of Art. In June 2025, My Modern Met shared a photo essay and review of the exhibition.
Two Decades of an Artist's Exploration of Timeless Beauty Celebrated in Expansive Exhibition looks at the concepts and materials Karen explores in her work, and the themes highlighted in Celestial Bodies.
"Artist Karen LaMonte explores concepts of timeless beauty, strength, fragility, and the “fleeting nature of life” through her stunning sculptural works. Porcelain, bronze, glass, and stone are the materials with which she expresses these ideas—and has done so for over two decades."
— Sara Barnes, My Modern Met
“I have always been fascinated by how conceptions of beauty define desire and generate the building blocks of allure—the language of attraction."
— Karen LaMonte
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