New York Galerie Lelong ln 1968, at the age at 22 and shortly after finishing art school in London, David Nash bought a chapel and attached schoolhouse in Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales… see the full review in the print edition of May 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
Brent Crothers
Baltimore Galerie Francoise, E.S.F. Brent Crothers’s recent show heralded new ways of expressing his love of wood by combining the material with copper, aluminum, and rubber… for the full review see the print edition of May 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
Ann Sperry
Yonkers, NY Hudson River Museum ln the opening passages of The History of Gardens, Christopher Thacker identifies gardens with icebergs… see the print edition of Sculpture magazine for the full review.
John Chamberlain
New York Pace Wildenstein Since he made his mark on the art world in the late ’50s, John Chamberlain has remained an eminently ingenious artist… for the full review see the print edition of May 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
Fabrizio Plessi
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art One of Europe’s foremost video artists, Fabrizio Plessi, who came to prominence in Italy during the 1970s, presented five large-scale installations in an exhibition that premiered at the Guggenheim Museum SoHo in June 1998 and traveled to San Diego in November… see the print edition in May 1999’s Sculpture
Jacques Lipchitz
Paris, France Gardens of the Palais Royal Only the French would have the sheer effrontery and style to mount a large-scale exhibition by a key 20th-century sculptor in the elegant surroundings of the Palais Royal gardens… for the full review see the print edition of May 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
Monica Weiss
Atlanta Space 1181 Monika Weiss’s installation Koinan is intended to reverse a legend of the saints both conceptually and in terms of gender. The installation (the title of which alludes to burial and decomposition) consists of an octagonal concrete basin shaped like an early Christian baptismal font.
Richard Torok
Vigado Gallery Budapest, Hungary ln the spring of 1998 one of the most prestigious galleries in Budapest, the Vigado Gallery, held an exhibition of the work of Richard Torok to posthumously honor the sculptor, who died five years ago… Subscribe to Sculpture Magazine to read the full review.
Steven Tucker
Nexus Foundation of Today’s Art Philadelphia Steve Tucker, Breaking the Surface,1998. Wood and steel, 48 x 110 x 14 in. At first glance it seems that Steven Tucker is adept at playing one or two notes and exploring their limited range.
Duane Paxson
Forest Dance Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI Pliant and spirited, the sculptures of “Forest Dance” enliven the ambient space. Without hands and with featureless spheres or branches for heads, those on the floor pivot like dancers.
