The Art and Planning sessions at the 19th International Sculpture Conference ranged widely over the general and the specific questions facing art and artists in public spaces today. The dialogue published here begins with Pittsburgh and its rivers (a discussion that took place on board a riverboat) and continues with a broader discussion of public
Seeing Rainbows Among the Ruins: Peter Erskine’s “New Lights on Rome”
During the height of Rome’s millennial celebrations, the city was filled with thousands of tourists; they came for events as disparate as the Holy Year and International Gay Pride. The ubiquitous rainbows the visitors experienced (in the ancient Roman ruins, in the Termini train station, and even on the trains bringing in pilgrims and marchers)
Sculptural Diplomacy
Friends of Art and Preservation in U.S. Embassies (FAPE) recently announced “Outdoor Sculpture at U.S. Embassies,” a new initiative that will install outdoor sculptures by American artists in embassies around the world. This program grew out of FAPE’s Gift to the Nation, a project that acquired sculpture and other works of art through purchase or
The Enigma of Henry Moore
Composition, 1934. Bronze, 14 in. high. The first U.S. retrospective of the work of Henry Moore in nearly 20 years opened at the Dallas Museum of Art this spring. The exhibition will travel to the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, later this year.
Ephemerality of the Moment: A Conversation with Margo Sawyer
Ten + One Illuminations, 2000. Gold leaf on steel and micro ellipse halogen lights, 11 elements and 11 lights, 15 x 29 x 40 ft. View of work as installed at ArtPace, San Antonio. Margo Sawyer imbues secular places with a sense of the spiritual, questioning the divide between the mundane and the divine.
Site/Work/S: A Public Forum
A project in Houston raises questions of memory, history, development, and the public …see the full feature in July/August’s magazine.
The Atelier Revisited
Over the past decade, some sculptors have expanded the notion of the atelier …see the full feature in July/August’s magazine.
New Directions in Non-Objective Sculpture
The finest non-objective art always embodies something beyond geometric structure …see the full feature in July/August’s magazine.
Balancing Tradition and Innovation: Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh region is presently characterized by a dynamic mix of high technology (especially in the fields of medicine, computer science, and artificial intelligence), environmental and preservationist awareness (much adaptive re-use of older buildings and a strong interest in green architecture), and a steadily increasing regard for the role the arts can and should play
Here Time Becomes Space: A Conversation with Harald Szeemann
Harald Szeemann is a standard-bearer of change within the European curatorial tradition. He holds degrees in art history, archaeology, and journalism. Between 1961 and 1969 he served as director of the Kunsthalle Bern. Since he declared his independence by resigning his directorship in 1969, he has become one of the most important and active international
