Buster Simpson: Green Interventions
Simpson’s works in public spaces are sensitive to a site’s history and ecology…see the full review in December’s magazine.
Responsible Criticism: Evaluating Public Art
The idea of responsible criticism is, of course, predicated on the existence of public art criticism, period, a body of writing that has yet to reach critical mass. There are various factors responsible for the present near vacuum.
To Live an Idea: A Conversation with Mario Merz
Merz’s igloos and spirals often incorporate a site’s scale, materials, and objects…see the full review in December’s magazine.
Alice Aycock: Public Artist
Aycock places the complexities of our uncertain moment within a larger history…see the full review in December’s magazine.
Defining Cultural Value: A Conversation with Toland Grinnell
Voltaire wrote that “the superfluous is a very necessary thing.” The most luxurious items are necessities—a shoe, a shirt, a handbag—transformed into the seemingly superfluous, making them essential elements of elite consumer vocabulary. Toland Grinnell uses this vocabulary in sculptures that simultaneously mirror and subvert consumer desire.
