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.
Christopher Saucedo: A Play on the “Real”
Christopher Saucedo, Temple-Arcade, 1/4 scale replica (unassembled), 2004. Cast aluminum, 22 x 57.5 x 6.5 in. Ludic in temper, New Orleans sculptor Christopher Saucedo makes art that might be described as Postmodernist fun. While nodding respectfully at Rodin, Brancusi, and a host of others, he draws from wide-ranging sources both popular and learned, posing mischievous queries
The Body Disembodied: New Directions in Modernist Sculpture
The four sculptors united by this article- Vincent Barré, Willard Boepple, Clay Ellis, and John Gibbons-do not constitute a group in the usual sense….see the full review in October’s magazine.
A Diagram of Forces: Michael Rees
Michael Rees describes himself as a new media sculptor. The phrase brings to mind a jumble of kinetic objects interwoven with monitors and loudspeakers, but that’s not what Rees means….see the full feature in September’s magazine.
Shaping Sensation: A Conversation with Jon Isherwood
ln the 1980s Jon lsherwood made multi-part sculptures in steel and cast concrete. Modernist in spirit, these early assemblages of rusted steel and swathes and swirls of cast concrete carry on an interesting dialogue with the works of Caro and Smith…see the full feature in September’s magazine.
Site “Shore/lines”: Responding to Place in Barrie, Ontario, Canada
About an hour’s drive north of Toronto, Ontario, the city of Barrie (pop. 103,000) is a place that seems to exist for the benefit of any reason other than itself. To some people, it’s little more than a bedroom community for Toronto-bound commuters.
