On June 9, during the International Sculpture Conference in Pittsburgh, the International Sculpture Center presented the 2001 Outstanding Sculpture Educator award to Joseph Seipel, chair of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of Sculpture. Seipel has taught at VCU for 27 years and has been department chair for 16 years.
Sculpture and Architecture in Dialogue: A Conversation with Diana Thater
Diana Thater is an internationally renowned video artist who combines large-scale video projections with sculptural arrangements of video monitors in complex installations known for their striking use of color. A recipient of numerous grants and awards from organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts and the Franco-American Foundation for Contemporary Art, Thater has
In Nature’s Eyes: A Conversation Alfio Bonanno
Sluice, 2000, 1999. Project at Nome Beach, Telemark, Norway, led by Alfio Bonanno in collaboration with 20 Norwegian artists and the Institute for Romkunst, Oslo. A pioneer of the site-specific nature installation, Alfio Bonanno uses nature’s materials, cutting, lifting, carrying, bending, and placing them.
Putting the Viewer First: Olafur Eliasson
Eliasson allows viewers to create their own sensory experience through his works…see the full feature in September’s magazine.
Liberating Form: Barbara Hepworth’s United Nations Memorial
Hepworth’s most significant public commission challenged prior concepts of sculpture …see the full feature in September’s magazine.
Brainstorms: The Public Art of Ralph Helmick and Stuart Schechter
A marriage of art and technology creates a dialogue of the one and the many …see the full feature in September’s magazine.
Finding Common Ground: Art and Planning
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.
