Santa Monica Mark Moore Gallery The entrance to Stephen Hendee’s current installation, Shadow Proxy, is cloaked by heavy black curtains. Drawn across a threshold, this device inevitably signals some mystery or illusion about to be set into play… see the print version of June 1999’s Sculpture magazine for the full review.
Alison Saar
Santa Monica Santa Monica Museum of Art Alison Saar’s latest works are rich, provocative, and engaging. While probing and extending the traditions of figurative sculpture, she addresses the complex and usually sublimated premises of American patriarchal society… for the full review see the print version of June 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
Tony Oursler
New York Metro Pictures There was a bit of the gothic in Tony Ourslers recent exhibition. Skulls, candles, eerie light projections, and satanic references were distributed throughout the gallery, creating a dark and murky atmosphere… see the full review in the print version of May 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
Charles Long
St. Louis St. Louis Art Museum The target of Charles Long s wacky sense of humor is American art and its postmodern reincarnations… see the print edition of May 1999’s Sculpture magazine for the full review.
Quisqueya Henriquez and Delanie Jenkins
Pittsburgh Mattress Factory Four new installations that will remain at the Mattress Factory’s main building through July establish a provocative dialogue with one another through use of the body as either the starting point for, or as an important component within, each installation… for the full review see the print edition of May 1999’s Sculpture
Mia Westerlund Roosen
New York Lennon, Weinberg Mia Westerlund Roosen has long been a subtle maverick in the art world. Her work never fails to challenge the prevailing aesthetic but does so quietly and with extraordinary elegance… see the print edition of May 1999’s Sculpture magazine for the full review.
Paul Bowen
Boston Howard Yezerski Gallery, New England School of Art & Design, and Chestnut Hill Mall Paul Bowen began his career as a painter of the Beuysian school of gritty, unconventional materials and process-induced results… see the print edition of May 1999’s Sculpture magazine for the full review.
Lucy Gunning
New York Green Naftali London-based Lucy Gunning’s works employ video to investigate sculptural issues (such as spatial extension and temporal contingency) with installation structures thematically oriented to questions of language… for the full review see the print edition of May 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
Jason Rhoades and Paul McCarthy
New York David Zwirner One-time pioneering bad boys Jason Rhoades and Paul McCarthy have teamed to form a production company… for the full review see the print edition of May 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
