Bruce Nauman, Untitled, 1998–99. Cast concrete, 30 in. wide; .5 miles long Photo: Wardell Photography. Entering the Oliver Ranch on a narrow climbing road, one suddenly encounters hundreds of white concrete steps cascading down the hill, crossing the road, and continuing below.
Declaring, Defining, Dividing Space: A Conversation with Richard Serra
Union of the Torus and the Sphere, 2001. Weatherproof steel, 142 x 447 x 125 in.Photo: Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery. “Richard Serra: Torqued Spirals, Toruses and Spheres,” the artist’s most extensive exhibition of major sculpture in New York since his 1986 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, took place last fall at the Gagosian
Public Space and Private Investigation: A Conversation with Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry
Their work focuses on difficult issues of political and social injustice…see the full review in September’s magazine.
A South African Microcosm: The Sculpture of David Brown
Brown’s work mines the schisms of the fractured society of today’s South Africa….see the full review in September’s magazine.
Abstraction and Empathy, Once Again
In sculpture the problematic of art as such is most explicit…see the full review in September’s magazine.
Revolution is Sneakier: Conversation with Vito Acconci
The recent touring exhibition “Acts of Architecture,” curated by Dean Sobel and Margaret Andera, focused on Vito Acconci’s work since the 1980s, in particular the public art projects of Acconci Studio. It also included his sculptures, which function as furniture or architecture.
One Who Sees Space: A Conversation with Maya Lin
Maya Lin’s sculptures, environments, and architectural projects flow out of a vision of a universe in harmony with itself, its different branches and modes of being. Her gift is creating work that rethinks human relationships to earth and time.
Revisiting the Machine in the Garden: Sculptural Reconstructions of Midwestern Landscapes
Three contemporary Midwestern sculptors address the mutable rural landscape…see the full review in July/August’s magazine.
Terms of Engagement: Radical Communalism in Bay Area Art
Diverse artists demonstrate concern with environmental issues….see the full review in July/August’s magazine.
Dynamic Geometries: Joel Perlman
Perlman’s works make steel appear penetrable, flexible, and ethereal…see the full review in July/August’s magazine.
