“Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson” opened on an auspicious morning at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the sun rising as a huge red ball in a hazy sky. The fierce glow, which resulted from wildfires around the Bay Area, bore an uncanny resemblance to Eliasson’s 2003 breakout work at the Tate Modern, The Weather
The Age of Abstraction: A Conversation with Frank Stella
Frank Stella has championed abstraction for about 50 years. From his two solo exhibitions at MoMA early in his career, in 1970 and 1987, through his recent solo shows—two at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York City, Galerie Ficher Rohr in Basel, Galerie Haas & Fuchs in Berlin,
Situations in Space: A Conversation with Karina Peisajovich
Karina Peisajovich was born in Buenos Aires in 1966. Her approach to art theory and practice began at the National School of Fine Arts Prilidiano Pueyrredón in 1984. Three trips have been crucial in her career.
Peter Blizzard: Venerating the Earth Through Sculpture
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.
