Alan Saret

Saret was born in New York City on 25 December 1944. He received a bachelor's degree in architecture from Cornell University (1966) and subsequently studied with Robert Morris at Hunter College (1966-68). As Saret's sculpture began to increase in scale and complexity, he began exhibiting outside the commercial gallery network and in 1970 founded Spring Palace, an alternative exhibition space that also housed his studio. Returning from a three-year stay in India, Saret established a foundation, ALAEL, dedicated to "self-realization and enlightenment through art," and the spiritual dimension of art remains a primary concern for the artist. His work is included in numerous public collections including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Detroit Institute of Arts; and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.