Haesim Kim is one of Korea’s more adventurous sculptors. Having studied at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, she went on to the Chelsea College of Art & Design in London in 1999. Kim’s involvement with the art/nature group Yatoo and its earlier manifestation, known as the Four Seasons, led to some very innovative sculpture and performance
Struggling for Centimeters: A Conversation with Christiane Löhr
The organic element in Christiane Löhr’s sculptures first captures the viewer’s attention. All of her constructions are made of seeds, stalks, and horse and dog hair, stuck to each other or directly nailed to the wall or support pedestal.
Ping-Yu Pan
Taipei Taipei Fine Arts Museum “Eternal Nature,” a solo show of installations by Taiwanese artist Ping-Yu Pan, featured works from the last nine years, including examples from several different series. Shell imagery dominated with nine sculptures from Pan’s “Shell” series (2003-09).
Bernie Fink
Western Galilee, Israel The Open Museum: Omer Industrial Park For several decades, Bernie Fink was associated with a group of “Galilean” sculptors working in the north of Israel, all of them using basalt and materials found in nature to produce constructions suggestive of shrines, sundials, or archaic agricultural tools…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Gérard Quenum
London October Gallery At first it was the eyes. The hypnotic white orbs of Gérard Quenum’s charred, voodoo-tinged L’Ange (Angel, 2008) drew me into his recent exhibition—and into a multi-layered collection of powerful sculptural statements…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Annette Messager
London The Hayward The watchful eyes of My Trophies, proliferating London Underground posters, announced the opening of Annette Messager’s first U.K. retrospective. Documenting the evolution of her work over the last four decades, from the intimate pieces of the 1970s to recent large-scale…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Gareth Lichty
Cambridge, Ontario Cambridge Galleries Trained as a sculptor, Gareth Lichty weaves. Range, the single installation making up his recent exhibition, consists of one enormous weaving—shown in three separate sections—that weighs in at over 2,200 pounds.
“Light as Air”
Houston Discovery Green Discovery Green, located on 12 acres in downtown Houston, is Space City’s newest venue for outdoor public art. Its recent exhibition, “Light as Air,” was organized by Sara Kellner, a Houston-based independent curator, and featured…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Thaddeus Mosley
Pittsburgh Mattress Factory In a post-studio era in which concept overrides object, Thaddeus Mosley’s recent exhibition ran in the opposite direction. This show of work from the late 1990s to 2009 was vast and passionate, providing viewers with a celebration of astute materiality…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Charles Ray
New York Matthew Marks Charles Ray’s wizardry with boundary-breaking was conspicuous in this low-tech but high-interest exhibition. Three works from a little more than 20 years ago defied ceiling, floor, and wall, showing the viewer how simple interventions can result in sculptures of startling…see the full review in April’s magazine.
