Bernar Venet was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center in 2016. For a full list of Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, click here. When 26-year-old Bernar Venet met Marcel Duchamp in New York in 1967, he boasted that his works were more radical than those made by the father of the readymade.
Hunting for Stone: A Conversation with Lee Ufan
A fascinating book published in 2014 by the Fondazione Mudima in Milan documents Lee Ufan’s wanderings through the environs of Lombardy in search of stones—boulders, in fact—to be used as components in his “Relatum” series, along with plates of steel.
Geoff Bartlett: Where the Work Leads
Widely regarded as one of Australia’s foremost sculptors, Geoff Bartlett has no constant, identifiable style. And yet, regardless of the fact that he also uses a wide range of diverse media, the viewer has little difficulty in recognizing his distinctive sculptures since certain underlying characteristics have appeared in his work throughout his career.
Upside Down: A Conversation with Alex Sanson
“Upside down” is one way to describe Alex Sanson’s thought-provoking approach to art. In fact, he offers a fascinating case study for artists seeking a financially sustainable business model and a wider customer base. His practice of placing works beyond narrow art capitals and the professionalized art world infrastructure is also inspiring.
Thinking Space: A Conversation with Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams investigates the complexities of American history and culture through painting, sculpture, and installation. Within these broad arenas, his work seeks a kind of open-ended dialogue, addressing identity, flattening hierarchies, and questioning who we are collectively.
Not Hidden, Not Evident: A Conversation with Mirta Kupferminc
The daughter of immigrants—Auschwitz survivors—Mirta Kupferminc was born in Argentina. Because the family had lost every material belonging that might help their children to re-create their past before the war, Kupferminc grew up nurturing her spirit with stories and memories that shaped her life and art and established her interest in human rights.
Surrendering to the Common Life: A Conversation with Cristina Rodrigues
In situ, Cristina Rodrigues’s works read like fanciful relics. Lavishing baroque details over ordinary objects, she masterfully mixes virtuosity with the commonplace. Adventures into the sublime, her installations are as universal in their significance as they are local in their inspiration, purposefully touching the lives of everyone involved.
Illuminating Illusions: A Conversation with Iván Navarro
Iván Navarro’s activities this past year—participation in a summer 2014 show at the Guggenheim Museum, a new Skira Rizzoli book Iván Navarro, his “This Land is Your Land” exhibition in Madison Square Park, shows at Hotel Particulier in Manhattan and Galerie Hyundai in Seoul, and his electronic, minimal music CD Oido (Huseo Records)—suggest diversity, fluency,
Ruud Kuijer: Collage and Casting
At first sight, Ruud Kuijer’s “Waterworks,” seven monumental cast concrete constructions installed along the Amsterdam-Rhine canal, are a surprise. The enormous, pale “towers” seem unlikely in this nondescript, industrial area near the entrance to Utrecht harbor.
Flirting With Nature: A Conversation with Manuel Ameztoy
Argentine artist Manuel Ameztoy takes possession of architectural interiors, from museums to hotels, and even natural environments, establishing a subtle presence through delicate cutouts, abstract patterns, and vivacious colors. Though these works gently disappear, like everything ephemeral, they might reappear in other locations.
