Rune Olsen’s beautifully composed, often shocking, masking tape-covered sculptures are some of the most visually seductive and physically intriguing figurative works being produced today. His three-dimensional tableaux, representing man and beast in various positions of sexual dominance and compliance, interweave personal narrative with mind-expanding revelations about natural science.
Yong Ho Ji and Hyungkoo Lee
New York Two Korean artists raise questions about the relationship…see the full review in January/February’s magazine.
Anish Kapoor
Boston Some years ago, in a survey of installation…see the full review in January/February’s magazine.
Robert Arneson in the ’60s
The early sculpture of Robert Arneson was the very essence of Funk, a term disdained by most of the artists. But the maker of these irreverent, sarcastic ceramics was indeed the King of Funk. Funk has been compared to Dada, but Dada assaulted traditional art by attacking hypocritical bourgeois values, whereas Funk was not engaged
Rebecca Horn
New York The works in “Cosmic Maps,” Rebecca Horn’s…see the full review in January/February’s magazine.
“Projections”
Cincinnati “Projections” demonstrated that the “what if” factor…see the full review in January/February’s magazine.
“Mining Glass”
Tacoma, Washington The Museum of Glass has brought a number…see the full review in December’s magazine.
Making Everything: A Conversation with Ai Weiwei
In 2007, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei brought 1,001 of his compatriots to Documenta for a city-wide performance called Fairytale, and Template, a 39-foot-tall structure made of doors and windows salvaged from houses destroyed during China’s recent building boom, was a highlight of Skulptur Projekte Münster – despite its collapse in a violent storm at the
“Informed by Function”
Bronx, New York What if art and craft were truly thought…see the full review in December’s magazine.
