Carlos Dorrien

Carlos Dorrien, born in 1948 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and of Mexican descent, is an American sculptor who specializes in public art installations, creating large-sized abstract sculptures in granite that are often inspired by ancient history, architecture, archaeological ruins, and human figures. They are often designed to be placed in nature. His work is scattered throughout New England, including the DeCordova Museum in Massachusetts, Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey, South Boston Maritime Park, Harvard Square, MBTA Alewife station, Lowell, and several other locations in the greater Boston area; most recently, at the Stamford Courthouse in Stamford, Connecticut. [http://www.decordova.org/decordova/sculp_park/dorrien.html, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. Accessed August 16, 2007] [http://www.asla.org/awards/2006/06winners/272.html, American Society of Landscape Architects. Accessed August 16, 2007]

Dorrien currently lives in Wellesley, MA but works in his studio in Randolf Center, Vermont. Dorrien graduated from the Montserrat College of Art, where he is now a trustee, and studied bronze casting at the Massachusetts College of Art. [http://studio.montserrat.edu/faculty/development.htm, Montserrat College of Art. Accessed August 16, 2007] He has been a professor at the art department at Wellesley College since 1984 and teaches occasionally at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center at West Rutland, Vermont. He is currently an artistic adviser to the center. [http://www.carvingstudio.org/about.htm, Carving Studio and Sculpture Center. Accessed August 16, 2007]

Partial list of works

* Le Sombre (The Shadow) (2005) [http://www.carvingstudio.org/current_exhibits.htm]
* Justice (2005), entry plaza at the Stamford Courthouse, Stamford, Connecticut
* Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories (2000), DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts [http://www.decordova.org/decordova/sculp_park/dorrien.html]
* The Alewife Gateway (1997), Minuteman Bikeway, (north side of the MBTA Alewife station), Cambridge, Massachusetts
* The Nine Muses (1990-97), Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey [http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/c_cdorri.htm]
* Human Construction (1989), Citicorp Plaza (Figueroa & 7th Streets), Lowell [http://www.artonfile.com/html/projectimages.lasso?id=587]
* Archival Stone (1989), courtyard of the Massachusetts State Archives [http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!299707!0]
* No.7 (1987), DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts [http://www.decordova.org/decordova/sculp_park/dorrien.html]
* Quiet Cornerstone (1986), Winthrop Park (J.F. Kennedy & Mt. Auburn Streets), Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts [http://www.ci.cambridge.ma.us/CAC/public_art_tour/map_05_03.html]
* The Gateway, South Boston Maritime Park, Boston, Massachusetts [http://www.bostonharborwalk.com/art/location.php?nid=6&sid=39]
* Ontas, station entrance of MBTA Porter Square station, Cambridge, Massachusetts [http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:rbwVVivWEyEJ:www.bpl.org/kids/publicartguide.pdf+%22carlos+dorrien%22&hl=zh-TW&ct=clnk&cd=76&gl=tw&client=firefox-a]

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