Australian-born, London-based Ron Mueck is as enigmatic as his sculptures. From a distended baby, stuck to the wall crucifixion-style and bearing an unnervingly intelligent demeanor far beyond his age, to a smaller-than-life, sick old woman, who curls up in a fetal pose under a blanket, Mueck’s works command an uncanny ability to amaze with obsessive
The Ordinariness of Making: A Conversation with Phillip King
King has restlessly experimented with color, abstract form, and new materials…see the full review in July/August’s magazine.
The Sculpture Garden: Three Radically Different Ideas
Three visions of what a sculpture park can be provide diverse venues for art…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Signs and Symbols: A Conversation with Karin Giusti
Giusti’s symbolic gestures cultivate the public’s participation and response…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Plant Art: Is There Room to Grow?
Artists using flora as their medium address major social and aesthetic issues….see the full review in June’s magazine.
Disjunctions in Nature and Culture: Andy Goldsworthy
Three Cairns demonstrates several important aspects of Goldsworthy’s career. East Coast Cairn/Made Between High Tides/No Collapses/Calm/New Rochelle, New York/November 2001, 2001. Stone. Set of 13 unique Cibachrome prints. Photo: Courtesy Galerie Lelong and Haines Gallery. Andy Goldsworthy’s work receives accolades for its lack of manufacture.
Natural Time and Human Experience: Andy Goldsworthy’s Dialogue with Modernity
In southern England’s West Sussex, the roads, lanes, and paths are quieter and more distinctively rural than the eastern parts of the region. Although the famous east-west chalk escarpment of the South Downs’ hills straddles the entire county, there’s no competing urban center to match the frenetic pace and gloss of Brighton.
