For a young artist, a meteoritic rise to fame can sometimes be followed by a painful decline—or at best, a long stationary period on a plateau. Conversely, an arduous uphill climb may be frustratingly slow, but the subsequent rewards tend to be lasting.
Siah Armajani: Fallujah and Other Recent Glass Constructions
Siah Armajani is best known for his public art—bridges, poetry gardens, gazebos, and reading rooms. His stated intention is to create “neighborly” spaces, architectonic sculptural spaces into which we enter and encounter one another, democratic spaces within the public realm where people are brought together.
Sculpture Invasion
“Sculpture Invasion,” a temporary exhibition of 47 sculptures sprinkled into the permanent sculpture collection at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, Illinois, was the latest in a series of exhibitions inaugurated by Chicago Sculpture International (CSI), the first local chapter of the International Sculpture Center.
How Big is Here? A Conversation with Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison
Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison were invited to Taiwan earlier this year by the Council for Cultural Affairs. They gave lectures, toured sites, and held discussions with artists, environmentalists, scientists, government officials, and students and participated in a group exhibition at Taipei Artists Village.
Sculpture as Living Organism: A Conversation with David Altmejd
In 1998, when David Altmejd graduated with a BFA from the University of Quebec in Montreal, he was given two solo exhibitions and his work was featured in three group shows, all in Montreal, the city of his birth.
Score for a Hole in the Ground: A Conversation with Jen Finer
With orchards and hop vines filling the fields, Kent is known as the garden of England. But there are also significant pockets of forested land across the county, which is located in the southeastern corner of Britain.
On Edge: The Sculpture Collection of Scott and Kelly Miller
Birmingham, Alabama, has recently emerged as a significant contemporary art center within America’s South. Leading the transformation are Scott and Kelly Miller, who bring an interest in grunge music, street art, and gothic skateboard culture to the local art scene.
The Underbelly of Beauty: A Conversation with Giordano Pozzi
Giordano Pozzi was born in New York in 1968. He studied architecture and industrial design, and his early work was influenced by American Minimalism. Now his artworks circumscribe, frame, and delimit complex space. The sculptures tell micro-stories, using a language that falls between abstraction and narrative construction.
Appreciating the Physical World: A Conversation with Donald Lipski
Donald Lipski’s work embraces principles of democracy and inclusiveness. With the freedom to make art out of anything at all, he embodies American ingenuity and resourcefulness. For almost 40 years, beginning with the acclaimed Gathering Dust (1979) at the Museum of Modern Art, he has taken pieces of detritus and cast-off objects and miraculously transformed
Clay Ellis: Mass, Time, and Memory
As his 40th birthday approached, the Canadian sculptor Clay Ellis discovered he no longer wanted to make the massive steel objects that had established his reputation in the 1990s. These mysterious works, notable for their authoritative presence, seductive forms, and complex allusions, staked out new and personal territory for construction in metal.
