Kristen Morgin makes shells of things. She embraces breakdown and wear and tear, traces of which constitute evidence of past longings and actions. Her subject is manmade objects produced in a distant or not-so-distant past: cellos of unspecified date, a piano that belonged to Ludwig van Beethoven, carousel horses with whiffs of the Belle Époque,
Ceal Floyer’s Special
A light bulb, a bag of air, a bucket, colored markers—these are some of the commonplace items that Ceal Floyer makes us rethink as we contemplate her understated, multimedia installations. Curiously expansive and lingering in their effect, these conceptual, perceptual time-release capsules are far more ponderous to describe verbally than to “get” visually; they inspire
Leonardo Drew: Epic Mythologies of Detritus
“You don’t find art, art finds you,” explains Leonardo Drew, who began creating things at an early age. At age 48, Drew is the subject of a traveling survey that presents 26 of his most significant sculptures and drawings to date.
William Tucker: From the Formal to the Primeval
William Tucker was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center in 2010. For a full list of Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, click here. Emperor, 2002. Bronze, 65 x 78 x 41 in.
Phillip King: A Life in Sculpture
Phillip King was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center in 2010. For a full list of Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, click here. Red Erect, 1998. Steel and aluminum, 90 x 95 x 55 cm.
Collecting Specimens: A Conversation with Lynn Aldrich
Lynn Aldrich’s newest art-material treasure trove is Home Depot. There, she follows in the footsteps of the seminal bricoleur artist, Marcel Duchamp, scouting for manufactured objects that she subsequently hand-fabricates into sculptures. Transforming the known into something curious, intriguing, and unexpected, her newest sculptures convert drainage spouts into tree monsters reminiscent of German fairy tales
Doubt and Other Serious Matters: A Conversation with Daphne Wright
Daphne Wright’s work maneuvers things into what her biographical statement calls “well-wrought but delicate doubt.” Shifting between “taughtness and mess,” it sets “imagery, materials, and language in constant metaphorical motion.” Using a wide range of materials and techniques—plaster, tin foil, video, printmaking, found objects, and performance—she creates beautiful and rather eerie worlds that feel like
Saya Woolfalk: The Harmonics of Dislocation
A kaleidoscopic transformation unfolds to the soft and soothing drone of a narrator as she guides the viewer through a marvelous land where humans, plants, and objects engage one another. Barriers break down. Identities cross-fertilize. Linear time loses all relevance.
We Are the Landscape: A Conversation with Steven Siegel
Using pre-consumer and recycled materials—discarded newspapers, crushed soda cans, empty milk containers, and shredded rubber—Steven Siegel creates public art and site-specific installations in natural and urban contexts that reinvent the role of sculpture for an eco-conscious planet.
Working By Any Means Necessary: A Conversation with Mel Chin
Mel Chin refuses to be pinned down, hemmed in, or otherwise restricted from pursuing whatever concept fires his imagination—in whatever medium seems appropriate. The Houston-born artist began his career making sculptures based on research into ancient cultures, social issues, and geopolitical subterfuges.
