Milford, CT The Stone Sculpture Garden For many years sculpture in stone has been considered a dead medium. This view is related to the conception of stone as the ultimate medium for commemoration, and sculptors’ frequent neglect of sculptural concerns in stone sculpture… for the full review see the print edition of June 1999’s Sculpture
Judy Pfaff
Karen McCready Gallery New York Judy Pfaffs wall art mixes etchings, encaustic, lithographs, Photographs, fire, resin, and other matter to send strong messages about the healing forces and the spiritual dimensions of the visible and historical world.
Christian Boltanski: Traces of the Dead
Christian Boltanski’s haunting, provocative work draws on memory, history, ambiguity, and the presence of death in everyday life…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Barbara Benish
Huntington Beach Art Center Huntington Beach, CA Set amidst sand dunes imported into the gallery space from the beach nearby, Barbara Benish’s site-specific work, Sandcasfles, reflects the artist’s childhood memories of life near the sea. The California born, Prague-based aftist s installation addresses postmodern issues, while eschewing the strident or didactic overtones that often accompany
Dispatch: “Functional Follies: 20 Architectural Objects of Delight”
Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah was the setting for this exhibition of 20 landscape and garden follies commissioned by the Savannah College of Art and Design in celebration of its 20th anniversary… see the full review in the print edition of June 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
Ana Mendieta’s Sphere of Influence
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
