Tom Friedman

(American, born 1965)

Tom Friedman is a contemporary American sculptor whose work explores the relationship between perception and logic. He uses vernacular materials including hair, plastic, Styrofoam, and paper to create unexpected objects that are often autobiographical in nature. For his Untitled (sculpture) (1990), Friedman used his own pubic hair to create a virtually perfect spiral by maneuvering the strands around a white, rectangular bar of ordinary soap. “Art, for me, is a context to slow the viewer's experience from their everyday life in order to think about things they haven't thought about. Or to think in a new way,” Friedman’s said. Born in 1965 in St. Louis, MO, he received his BFA in graphic illustration from Washington University in St. Louis and an MFA in sculpture from the University of Illinois at Chicago. The artist has had solo exhibitions and retrospectives at many esteemed institutions, including The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute in Chicago, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. He lives and works in Northampton, MA.

Tom Friedman Artworks

Tom Friedman (295 results)
Corona, 2023

Tom Friedman

Corona, 2023

Lehmann Maupin

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Explorer, 2015–2023

Tom Friedman

Explorer, 2015–2023

Lehmann Maupin

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Small Circle, 2023

Tom Friedman

Small Circle, 2023

Lehmann Maupin

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Medium Huddle, 2023

Tom Friedman

Medium Huddle, 2023

Lehmann Maupin

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Group of People I, 2023

Tom Friedman

Group of People I, 2023

Lehmann Maupin

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Friend, 2022

Tom Friedman

Friend, 2022

Lehmann Maupin

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Dolphins, 2022

Tom Friedman

Dolphins, 2022

Lehmann Maupin

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Big Hug, 2023

Tom Friedman

Big Hug, 2023

Lehmann Maupin

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Territory, 2022

Tom Friedman

Territory, 2022

Lehmann Maupin

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Nobody, 2012

Tom Friedman

Nobody, 2012

Lehmann Maupin

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Humanity, 2021

Tom Friedman

Humanity, 2021

Lehmann Maupin

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Family, 2022

Tom Friedman

Family, 2022

Lehmann Maupin

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Untitled, 2021

Tom Friedman

Untitled, 2021

Lehmann Maupin

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Wall, 2017

Tom Friedman

Wall, 2017

Lehmann Maupin

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