New York Rooster Gallery Carol Ross’s small but strong show featured a series of abstract paintings and three large relief sculptures, the latter acting, in some ways, as the center of the exhibition. Made of light- and dark-colored veneers, the organic quality of these works—evident in their general outlines and in the interlocking shapes of
“Artists in Residence,”
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Biennial 2014 Mattress Factory The Pittsburgh Biennial was inaugurated in 1994, when Murray Horne, curator of the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, aspired to showcase diverse local and regional talent. The 2014 Biennial was the ninth and largest iteration to date, with eight organizations participating, including the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Andy
“Art in Nature”
Short Hills, New Jersey Greenwood Gardens Art and nature coexist very well amid the sumptuous scenery of Greenwood Gardens. Once under private ownership, Greenwood has been made available as a public site since 2003. Originally home to two wealthy families, the grounds of the house were decorated first with lush annuals and perennials, later with
2014 Sculpture Symposium
Lincoln, Montana Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild International Sculpture Park For its inaugural symposium, Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild International Sculpture Park brought an impressive roster of sculptors from Ireland, Denmark, Finland, and the U.S.
Alma Allen
Los Angeles Blum & Poe Alma Allen’s sculptures are handsome, poetic, and uncomplicated. A tribute to the aesthetics of 20th-century abstraction, they hew closely to its classic values, as represented by several generations of artists, including Moore, Hepworth, Noguchi, and Bourgeois.
Ben Jackel
Los Angeles L.A. Louver Gallery Ben Jackel’s works are splinters off the American culture of violence—hyper-real portraits of instruments of power and aggression. Although the objects originate in a concrete world of specific function, they are re-envisioned as luxury objects borrowed from their industrial and martial origins, and repurposed and valorized as sculpture.
The Space In Between: A Conversation with Charles Ray
Over the past 40 years, Charles Ray has produced a majestic array of artistic touchstones within the contemporary sculptural vernacular. His orchestrated relationships between space and objects tempt the senses and baffle perceptual longings. Ray’s sculptures are the result of deeply considered compositions often requiring extraordinary amounts of labor, sometimes years in the making.
Army of One: A Conversation with Richard Jackson
One of the most radical American artists of the last 40 years, Los Angeles-based Richard Jackson has expanded the definition and practice of painting into almost unimaginable dimensions. His wildly inventive, exuberant, and irreverent takes on “action” painting have dramatically extended its performative and spatial reach, merged it with sculpture, and repositioned it as an
Dread Scott: Radical Conscience
On the Impossibility of Freedom in a Country Founded on Slavery and Genocide, 2014 Dread Scott’s edict is make “revolutionary art—to propel history forward.” Since the early 1990s, after graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and completing the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program, Scott has joined the ranks
Nan Smith: Symbols of Devastation
Nan Smith is an ambitious artist. Over the years, she has increased her command of the ceramic medium, extended her range of techniques and media, and set herself more demanding goals. A full professor in the ceramics program at the University of Florida’s School of Art and Art History, she has also served as head
