Jyung Mee Park, view of installation at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1999. All works made of rice paper. Anyone who has ever been to New Orleans during Mardi Gras has heard this cry, as crowds rush the parade floats begging for beads, plastic cups, toys or, perhaps, a coveted “Zulu coconut.”
Steve Tobin: The Event Itself is the Only Truth
“The true underground is where the power flows. That’s the best kept secret of our time…Power flows under the surface, far beneath the level you and I live on.” – Don DeLillo, Great Jones Street Matzoth House, 1998.
Peter Voulkos: Clay, Space, and Time
Untitled plate, 1999. Woodfired stoneware, 4.5 x 19 x 21.75 in. Time has vindicated the pioneering efforts of contemporary clay sculptor, Peter Voulkos. In the ’50s, before the emergence of conceptual or process art, he stunned the art world with his finished sculptures of clay.
The First Lady’s Sculpture Garden at the White House
Richard Hunt, Icarus, 1957–58. Bronze, steel, and copper, 32.5 x 17 x 11.25 in. In early 1994, as chair of the Committee for Preservation of the White House, Hillary Rodham Clinton raised the idea of showcasing contemporary American sculpture on the White House grounds.
Louise Bourgeois: Turning Myths Inside Out
“Turner was obsessed by nature and I am obsessed by human nature,” Louise Bourgeois declares, referring to Cell XV as her response to J.M.W. Turner’s Sun Rising through Vapour (1807). “In my work, it’s the relationship to the other person that motivates me.
Open To All Inspirations: An Interview with Willie Cole
Cole transforms ordinary objects into sculpture with profound metaphorical resonance …see the full feature in January/February’s magazine.
The Wanås Foundation: Patronage and Partnership
You wouldn’t normally expect the buildings and grounds surrounding a 15th-century castle in southern Sweden to be the site of an impressive, risk-taking international sculpture project, but that’s precisely the case with the Wanås Foundation. Since 1987, Marika and Charles Wachtmeister have invited international artists to respond to this unorthodox location, usually in group shows
