Harry Roseman (born 1945 in Brooklyn, New York) is a sculptor, photographer, draftsman, practitioner of web based works, and professor of art at Vassar College where he currently chairs the Department of Art.
In addition to having had many solo exhibitions, Roseman has produced a number of major commissioned public sculptures.
In 1990, the artist was commissioned to produce a sculpture for the Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityâÂÂs Arts for Transit program. Under the auspices of this public/private cooperative, Harry Roseman produced a bronze sculptural relief titled âÂÂSubway WallâÂÂ. The piece is a depiction of a landscape integrated within the architecture of the corridor and references aspects of its ascending and descending structure, located directly under the J.P. Morgan Chase headquarters at 60 Wall Street in New York City.
After four years in development, another sculpture titled âÂÂCurtain Wallâ was installed in 2001 at the International Air Terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in NYC. The sculpture depicts cloth and curtains, suggesting wind movement, clouds, and the sky.
One prominent area of Harry RosemanâÂÂs career involves photographic images later adapted as web-based projects including âÂÂSelf-PortraitsâÂÂ, âÂÂVisitors: a JournalâÂÂ, and âÂÂGroups: a Web ProjectâÂÂ.
âÂÂVisitors: a Journalâ is a visual and verbal record starting in 1971 of those who have visited where Roseman lives including friends, relatives, workers (plumbers, etc.), door-to-door solicitors (JehovahâÂÂs witness, etc.). âÂÂGroups: Friends and Acquaintancesâ began in 1956 but did not develop into an organized project until 1985. For many years the work lacked form. When transposed to the Internet, the new form intersected with the work itself, engendering âÂÂGroups: Individual PagesâÂÂ. The art work serves as a cultural and social document. Its patterns have been tracking the intersecting lives of some participants for as long as thirty-eight years. These web-based works consist of thousands of photographs and are contained on the artistâÂÂs website.
Roseman is married to the painter Catherine Murphy.