“To some degree, we have a ‘do it well and they will come’ theory,” Francis Greenburger, the founder of Omi International Arts Center (Art Omi), said recently. “We’re less concerned about large numbers than about being an important venue for the type of art that we’re exhibiting.
Anselm Kiefer’s Falling Stars
“Monumenta” is a new annual exhibition conceived around a building: the Grand Palais in Paris, on the Champs-Élysées at the Avenue Winston Churchill. Originally built in 1900 for the Paris Exposition, the great glass and steel structure suffered from neglect over time and was closed in 1993 after a glass roof panel fell.
Casting George
Preoccupied as George Segal was with formal issues such as volume and voids, surface and color, he was at heart a storyteller, a creator of parables in which ordinary events took on extraordinary connotations. Though most of the subjects and themes he portrayed were reflections of the world around him, he universalized and, on occasion,
The Controversy That Wouldn’t Die: Tilted Arc and the Triumph of Spectacle
It has been 18 years since Tilted Arc (1981) was removed from Federal Plaza, eight years after the General Services Administration (GSA) installed it adjacent to the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in lower Manhattan. At the time, it was the subject of countless articles in the popular and art press and subsequently the subject
Water Mirror: A Conversation with Ichi Ikeda
Japanese sculptor and performance artist Ichi Ikeda uses water as his main medium, a choice strongly connected to global environmental problems. Recognizing that water is one of the Earth’s most precious resources, Ikeda is dedicated to raising global awareness of water conservation through international conferences, community activism, public performances, and interactive installations.
Reading Paper: A Conversation with Jae Ko
Korean-born Jae Ko studied at Toyo Art School and Wako University in Tokyo, where she earned a BFA in 1988. Ten years later, she completed her MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.
Anthony Luensman
Cincinnati Arenas, Anthony Luensman’s multi-part installation…see the full review in October’s magazine.
Sharon Loper
Santa Cruz, California Spanning the atrium at the Museum of Art…see the full review in September’s magazine.
Tom Doyle: Allegories of Time, Space, and Nature
The manner in which one circumambulates a Tom Doyle sculpture is very special. One moves through it and around it at the same time. These forms are meant for graceful viewing, a dance with nature, inspired by the kind of structural indices that incite metaphysical thought.
Michael Heizer: Sculpture in Space and Time
Michael Heizer introduced substantial questions into the discourse of sculpture in the late 1960s and ’70s, offering new experiences with his bold choices of site, material, and scale. His use of rocks, stones, earth, and desert landscapes is integral to his core aesthetic and reflects his upbringing as the son of an eminent archaeologist: Heizer
