Now Showing at the Everson Museum of Art
During the summer of 2025, several of DuSell's works are on display at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY. This exhibit, titled Benediction, honors DuSell’s large-scale work in wood during a particularly fertile period in the 1970s when his sculptures became kinetic, interactive, and overtly spiritual. This exhibition includes three rocking chairs that originally appeared at the Everson in his 1980 solo show entitled Doxology—notably, the chairs contain musical elements powered by their rocking motion.
The exhibit will be on display until August 31, 2025.
About the Artist
D. Lee DuSell, through a career that spanned over seventy years, distinguished himself as an artist and craftsman in multiple disciplines and artistic media. Beginning first as a painter, he discovered the three dimensional world of sculpture in his mid-twenties and, in his own words, "never looked back." He had an over thirty-year association with Minoru Yamasaki and the firm Yamasaki and Associates, Architects. He created, as an independent designer, artwork and furnishings that graced many of the Yamasaki firm's most significant buildings.
Lee DuSell also created a great variety of independent work, much of which, through its portrayal of angels, gives testament to his strong Christian faith. Lee and his wife Mary shared a very close marriage of over 60 years. Mary was also an active artist primarily as a painter, jeweler, and creator of collages.
We are saddened to share that D. Lee DuSell died on September 19, 2024 at the age of 97. He lived a very happy, faith-filled, and productive life right up until his last days. Inquiries should be directed to Lee's son Brian (briandusell@gmail.com).