To say that Isaac Witkin has had a long and distinguished career is, for once, not simply a useful cliché. Four decades ago, in the early days of “swinging London,” the young Witkin and a group of his equally young friends, all recent graduates of St.
A Space of Her Own: Niki de Saint Phalle
Niki de Saint Phalle’s final site-specific work, Queen Califia’s Magical Circle (2003), stands on the outskirts of Escondido, a town backed by rugged mountains, hidden between Los Angeles and San Diego….see the full feature in November’s magazine.
Collecting New Orleans: A Conversation with Sydney Besthoff
Since the 1970s, Sydney and Walda Besthoff have specialized in collecting modern and contemporary sculpture, in addition to photorealist painting. In November 2003, the five-acre Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden opened at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Playing It Straight, Upside-Down, and Backwards: A Conversation With John Scott
He sits before me, legs crossed, hands folded over one another like the wings of a giant bird, white beard and hair curling up from beneath a baseball cap. John Scott is 64. This would-be monk and recipient of the MacArthur Genius Award has come to Aspen, Colorado, from his native New Orleans to teach
Constructing the Hieratic Object: Carol Ross
This has been an eventful year for Carol Ross, a sculptor whose steady artistic growth seems to be rewarded by , recognition in equal proportion….see the full feature in October’s magazine.
The International Sculpture Center 2004 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards
The lnternatronal Sculpture Center is proud to present the winners of the 2004 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.
