Beacon, New York Dia:Beacon “Carl Andre: Sculpture as Place, 1958–2010,” a full-scale exhibition of sculpture and poetry by the Minimalist artist, occupied the entire central floor of the Reggio Galleries at Dia:Beacon. It was a large show, with enough space to maintain a feeling of openness and allow the works to imply connections without obfuscating
Lowell Miller
Woodstock, New York Fletcher Gallery Lowell Miller, a longtime student of sculpture, recently exhibited his linearly figurative work in a seemingly far-too-early career retrospective. The show offered Miller’s take on storytelling and craft, mapping that take on the body, naked and elemental.
Magdalena Jetelová
Olomouc, Czech Republic Museum of Modern Art at the Olomouc Museum of Art Magdalena Jetelová’s work has always been antipodal, bringing to a point of suspension such opposites as displacement and precise coordinates, imbalance and equilibrium, occlusion and disclosure.
Mary Mattingly
Philadelphia Delaware River From a distance, Mary Mattingly’s floating installation WetLand could be a storm-lashed hovel or beach cottage fighting to remain above water. And that wouldn’t be far off—this “house under water” summons associations with Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, as well as with homeowners struggling to keep their mortgages afloat.
Ai Weiwei
San Francisco Alcatraz Island Ai Weiwei’s “@Large” exhibition (on view through April 26, 2015) features seven new site-specific installations situated in four buildings on Alcatraz Island. A steep and rocky island at the mouth of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz measures only about 1,575 feet by 590 feet.
Phyllida Barlow
London Tate Britaint Phyllida Barlow’s site-specific commission for Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries was one of the most successful uses of this space in recent years. Made from a number of distinct, but closely related, elements, it dominated, even challenged, John Russell Pope’s somewhat pompous Neoclassical interior.
Art Souterrain 2014
Montreal One of the world’s great experiments in bringing art into an open context, Art Souterrain animates the tunnels, walkways, Metro stations, and buildings of Montreal’s underground city. Founded in 2009, the festival has grown from humble beginnings under the guidance of founder and CEO Frédéric Loury, creating opportunities for art to go directly to
Doris Chase
Seattle Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art The fourth exhibition of Doris Chase’s work since her death in 2008 focused on the decade 1964–74. Drawn from the artist’s estate, the survey revealed Doris Chase before she became “Doris Chase,” pioneer godmother of dance video.
Salvatore Scarpitta
Washington, DC Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Nowadays countless artists make use of everyday discards, but Salvatore Scarpitta (1919–2007) was a trailblazer at, as he put it, “introduc[ing] into the art experience the life experience.” Given his passion for cars, he didn’t just recycle car parts.
