While loyal to the tradition of Constructivism, as well as deferential to the blunt certainties of Minimal art, Mr. Steiner’s steel sculptures locate their wit in juxtapositions of form that owe more to Constantin Brancusi than to David Smith or Donald Judd. --Observer, 2001
Michael Steiner has been exhibiting since 1962, when he was eighteen. Over the years, his sculpture has evolved from an early exploration of minimal "primary structures" to an intensive exploration of the legacy of Cubist construction.
A leading member of the Bennington school, abstract artists associated with Bennington College, Michael Steiner creates sophisticated abstract sculpture, often with repetitive, geometric patterns.
In the last decade, Steiner has produced some of his most original, challenging works: A series of increasingly transparent, complex structures in steel, that most recently, posed fascinating questions about the relationship between space and solids, about the tension between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional and about our perceptions of repetition and symmetry.
His work is in the collections of: Storm King AC; Boston MFA; MoMA.