--- title: "Rodin: Transforming Sculpture" date: 2016-05-14T00:00:00-04:00 author: Caroline Herr canonical_url: "https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/rodin-transforming-sculpture" section: Exhibitions --- ![Rodin: Transforming Sculpture](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/exRodin_3600_01.jpg) Past Exhibition # Rodin: Transforming Sculpture On view May 14, 2016 to September 5, 2016 [Become a member](/membership) Today's hours: 10 am–5 pm Monday 10 am–5 pm Tuesday Closed Wednesday Closed Thursday 10 am–5 pm Friday 10 am–5 pm Saturday 10 am–5 pm Sunday 10 am–5 pm ## Auguste Rodin captured the emotional and psychological complexities of human beings in ways that few sculptors before or after him have achieved. Whether working in plaster, marble or bronze on an intimate or monumental scale, Auguste Rodin captured the emotional and psychological complexities of human beings in ways that few sculptors before or after him have achieved. He also profoundly changed the language of sculpture by playing with accident and emphasizing the act of creating rather than completing a work of art. Rodin favored fragmentation and recombination as the principal expression of the significance he attached to change and transformation as the keys to creativity. Featuring sculptures and drawings, this thematic exhibition highlights the drama and experimentation that have established Rodin as one of the greatest sculptors of all time. Originally titled *Metamorphoses: In Rodin's Studio*, the exhibition is organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, in collaboration with the Musée Rodin, Paris. The exhibition was curated by Nathalie Bondil, Director and Chief curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, with the assistance of Sylvain Cordier, Associate Curator and Curator of early decorative arts, and under the direction of Catherine Chevillot, Head Curator and Director of the Musée Rodin, by Sophie Biass-Fabiani, Curator of the Graphic Arts and Painting. The AMG Foundation sponsored the exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum. Carolyn and Peter S. Lynch and The Lynch Foundation provided generous support. The East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum also provided support. The exhibition catalogue, with contributions on Rodin's process by leading scholars, is published by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The AMG Foundation **Media Partners** *The Boston Globe,* WBZ-TV and MyTV38 **In-Kind Media Partner** WBUR, Boston's NPR news station ## Keep exploring ![European Art](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Collection_European_Share_1800.jpg) Collection European Art [Learn more](https://www.pem.org/the-pem-collection/european-art) ![Kimsooja: Archive of Mind](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/images/Exhibition_Kimsooja_Share_1800px.jpg) Past Exhibition Kimsooja: Archive of Mind June 22, 2019 to January 20, 2020 [Learn more](https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/kimsooja-archive-of-mind) ![Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pem-org/general/Ex_Calder_1800_Share.jpg) Past Exhibition Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic September 6, 2014 to January 4, 2015 [Learn more](https://www.pem.org/exhibitions/calder-and-abstraction-from-avant-garde-to-iconic) Stay up to date. Enter your email to sign up for our newsletter.