John Grade’s spring show at Cynthia-Reeves Gallery gave a good sense of the scope of his thinking, especially following his introduction to New York audiences a few weeks earlier, when he won the $10,000 Willard L.

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Immersed in the sensibilities of wood, David Nash has a highly developed understanding of the complexities underlying tree growth. His longstanding base at Capel Rhiw in Blaenau Ffestiniog, north Wales, provides the launch pad for his projects, many of which take him across the globe.

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Ursula von Rydingsvard’s recent and upcoming exhibitions—commissions for the North Carolina Museum of Art and Storm King Art Center, large new work at New York’s Galerie LeLong, and a 35-year retrospective at the SculptureCenter in 2011—demonstrate that her new work writhes, twists, leaps, and otherwise moves in ways that wood has never moved before.

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For “Material World,” a group exhibition at MASS MoCA exploring how artists can create extraordinary environments out of ordinary things, Orly Genger knotted, stacked, and painted 100 miles of lobster rope to form a monumental sculpture that bursts through the architecture and falls into riotous spills with all the intensity of a parted red sea.

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