The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
(Foreground) Mark di Suvero, Arikidea (detail), 1977–82. Cor-Ten steel, steel, and cedar, 316.5 x 510 x 450 in. (Background) Siah Armajani, Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge, 1988. “And now I cannot remember how I would have had it.
Portrait of the Atom as a Force Diagram in Space: Kenneth Snelson’s Digital Excursions
Kenneth Snelson’s large-scale sculptures of steel tubes and wires have gained international recognition in exhibitions and collections worldwide. However, Snelson’s interest in the construction of matter has also produced an entirely different line of work on a submicroscopic level: his on-going art work “Portrait of an Atom.”
Kenneth Snelson: The Lyricism of Structure
Kenneth Snelson was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center in 1999. For a full list of Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, click here. View of Kenneth Snelson’s studio, 1981 The sculpture of Kenneth Snelson holds a place at the core of one of the principal concerns of 20th-century visual art.
Memorial for Anonymous: An Interview with Christine Borland
English Family China (detail), 1998. Bone china, 5 groups consisting of 2 to 5 pieces, dimensions variable. A prominent member of the group of artists frequently described as “Young British Artists” (YBAs), Scottish-born Christine Borland lives and works in Glasgow.
The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
(Foreground) Lucas Samaras, Chair Transformation Number 20B, 1996, patinated bronze and brass; (background) Sol LeWitt, Four-Sided Pyramid. More than 30 years in the making, the National Gallery Sculpture Garden opened on May 23. From the outside, it looks like a picturesque garden restrained by a Neoclassical girdle.
Made for Each Other: Storm King’s Vistas and Sculpture
Mark di Suvero, Pyramidian, 1987–98. Steel, 65 ft. high. Pyramidium, the massive, 65-foot sculpture, begins to take on its final shape, towering over a valley at Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, New York. Mark di Suvero and his trusted two-man crew have just attached a second horizontal I-beam to a central inner circle so
