Her trailblazing explorations of both feminist and postcolonial concerns in art have made Ana Mendieta an important precursor to many contemporary artists….see the full review in June’s magazine.
Lynda Benglis
Cheim & Read New York Defining Lynda Benglis’s newest works is not easy. Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, whose essay accompanies this beautiful exhibition, distinguishes the main characteristic of Benglis’s art: “Action Sculpture.” From the highly erotic video Female Sensibility (1973) to the palpable nature of her recent works in clay and bronze, Benglis has endeavored to input
Richard Rezac
Feigen Contemporary New York Walking into the Feigen Gallery the viewer confronted a melange of austere small sculptures made from conventional media such as bronze, cast iron, plaster, and wood. The distinctiveness of Richard Rezac’s sculpture becomes part of its allure, inviting the viewer to inspect each work.
Robert Roesch
Sande Webster Gallery Philadelphia ln his recent sculptures and combined paintings and drawings, Robert Roesch has refined his ability to state and restate experiences from nature through a geometry of stainless steel shapes that are at once complex and pared down… See the full review in the print version of June 1999 Sculpture Magazine
Only the Most Valuable Things: An Interview with José Bedia
Untrappable Figure, 1998. Top soil, sand, dry pigment, chain, spray paint, and oil lamp, 17 x 20 x 18 ft. José Bedia is one of the most widely known Cuban artists in the contemporary art world.
Whitfield Lovell
The Denton Project University of North Texas Art Gallery Denton, TX When New York artist Whitfield Lovell was invited to Denton, Texas, to do an installation in the University of North Texas gallery, he had little in mind beyond finding out whatever he could about the town’s African-American community, if such a thing existed, and
Robert Irwin
Excursus: Homaae to the Square Dia Center for the Arts New York “You had to have been there.” This hackneyed expression is particularly suited to describe Robert lrwin’s site-specific installation at Dia Center for the Arts.
Bryan Hunt
San Francisco Crown Point Press The literal definition of “cairn” in Gaelic is “heap,” as in a heap or pile of stones, and Bryan Hunt’s series of etchings, Cairn 1-4, included in his 20-year survey, would seem to suggest an inert, disordered mass resting arbitrarily on a ground support… for the full review see the
Kishio Suga
Yokohama Yokohama Museum of Art Kishio Sug a’s work fills the museum-literally. A leader of Japan’s celebrated Mono-ha (which translates to “School of Things”) movement in the late 1960s through early ’70s, he has produced unique work… for the full review see the print edition of June 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
Stephen Hendee
Santa Monica Mark Moore Gallery The entrance to Stephen Hendee’s current installation, Shadow Proxy, is cloaked by heavy black curtains. Drawn across a threshold, this device inevitably signals some mystery or illusion about to be set into play… see the print version of June 1999’s Sculpture magazine for the full review.
