As old as art itself, the nude is still capable of giving viewers a jolt. The current governor of Vermont, James Richards, recently found it necessary to remove a lamp from his statehouse desk because it reproduced Hiram Power’s famous 1843 sculpture “The Greek Slave.”
Social Structures and Shared Autobiographies: A Conversation with Do-Ho Suh
After getting graduate degrees from Seoul National University (in Oriental Painting) and from the Rhode lsland School of Design and Yale, Do-Ho Suh has created a body of work since 1997 that focuses on issues of representing how we construct, but also are constructed by, our private and public notions of space….
Rules for Growth: A Conversation with Tara Donovan
In 1999, the year she was awarded an MFA in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University, Tara Donovan mounted her first solo museum show at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Her poetic, beguiling installations, made from commonplace, mass-produced objects such as drinking straws, Styrofoam cups, and toothpicks, present a new type of sculpture
Identifying Noguchi
Identity was a personal issue for Isamu Noguchi throughout his life. Presumed to be Japanese by most Americans and American by most Japanese, he has only recently been recognized as…see the full feature in November’s magazine.
Something Happens: A Conversation with Richard Tuttle
“Something happens when a viewer takes my work someplace never intended. Something happens, my work’s practice is most intended to satisfy.” For Richard Tuttle, the thrill and satisfaction of something happening…see the full feature in November’s magazine.
(Dis) Respecting Figuration: A Conversation with Nina Levy
Nina Levy and her husband, Peter, share a studio space on the ground floor of their home in williamsburg….see the full feature in November’s magazine.
Takashi Naraha: A Solid Frame
Takashi Naraha is among those artists who have found the material best suited to them and who have developed their own unmistakable style following long years of experimenting, searching, and reflecting….see the full feature in November’s magazine.
One Step Out of Nature: A Conversation with Jesús Moroles
Jesús Bautista Moroles transforms obdurate granite into works that seem to be light and airy (paper-thin, suspended bas-reliefs), set in motion (giant prayer wheels), and woven (latticework-like monuments)….see the full feature in November’s magazine.
The International Sculpture Center 2005 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards
The lnternational Sculpture Center is proud to present the winners of the 2005 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award. This year’s awards program attracted a record number of nominees from university sculpture programs in North America and abroad.
Poetry in the Mundane: A Conversation with Mags Harries and Lajos Heder
Sculptor Mags Harries and urban planner/architect Lajos Heder, married for the past 27 years, formed the Harries/Heder coilaborative, lnc., in 1990 to execute large, permanent public art installations….see the full feature in October’s magazine.
