In the much-anticipated exhibition “Dan Fiavin: A Retrospective,” with 46 objects and installations and 110 works on paper and collage constructions, there are plenry of glowing geometries to support Flavin’s srarus in the Minimalist pantheon, alongside Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, and Carl Andre, and a stellar cast of experts to make the argument:…see the full
The Real and the Imagined: A Conversation with Michael Joo
Michael Joo employs a rarely seen range of language and structure, and his work represents a turning point in early 21st-century sculpture….see the full feature in June’s magazine.
David Nash: Organic Sculpture in the Forest and the Gallery
In the 1960s, a group of sculptors- Anthony Caro, Philip King, William Tucker, and Isaac Witkin-in a development parallel to American Minimalism, often used technological means to fabricate objects that challenge the observer by their dominating presence in space….
To Make Meanings Real: A Conversation with Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero celebrated his 70th birthday without fanfare in fall 2003. He was on site with his small crew at Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis,preparing for his retrospective exhibition and installing his mega-ton “dragons in the sky,” including the new work Destino.
Words Imagined: Cerith Wyn Evans
“I have bags full of bits of paper. I have boxes of telegraph keys. To be too organized would not be a participating artist.” Such is Cerith Wyn Evans’s explanation of where his ideas come from, and in its way it is a complete and accurate explanation.
Benefits and Risks of Selling Artwork On-line
During the summer of 2003, “lightning struck” for Houston, Texas, artist Douglas Hamilton-not literally, but perhaps just as randomly. One of his paintings, Sydney II, was bought from the Internet site ArtQuest (www.ArtQuest.com), which features the work of 500-plus artists.
“I am a Transmitter, I Radiate”: Joseph Beuys
Joseph Beuys does not age well. His genius could kindle a flame in a “revolutionary age,” yet at the inception of the third millennium, he appears literally buried in his private mythologies, distilled from life events, and centered on his pet animals as exponents of purity and victirns of civilization.
Planning for Happenstance: Dewitt Godfrey
If the sculptor DeWitt Godfrey were to write a manifesto, it might begin with the saying, “Let the chips fall where they may.” …see the full feature in May’s magazine.
Responsive Construction: A Conversation with Bruce Beasley
Born in Los Angeles in 1939, Bruce Beasley is recognized as one of the most innovative sculptors on the West Coast …see the full feature in May’s magazine.
Fire Medicine: A Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang
The son of a historian and a painter, Cai Guo-Qiang was born in Quanzhou, China, in 1957, and trained in stage design before moving to Japan in 1987. …see the full feature in May’s magazine.
