Only those Melbournians with long memories will be fully aware of the dramatic changes that have occurred in the field of sculpture here. Once a place of limited activity, Melbourne is now vibrantly alive with sculptural events.
Lucy Slivinski
Chicago Lucy Slivinski’s materials consist of wire frameworks…see the full review in September‘s magazine.
Spencer Finch
North Adams, Massachusetts Just as Warhol aestheticized the supermarket with…see the full review in September‘s magazine.
Geoffrey Bartlett: Neither Easy, Nor Complacent
Unquestionably one of Australia’s leading sculptors, Geoffrey Bartlett was recently honored by a major survey exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, in Melbourne. Using an astonishingly diverse range of materials, he has evolved a highly personal style—a style that has continued to develop from his early student works of the late 1970s, when he
Mark di Suvero
Venice, California Mark di Suvero’s new sculptures exhibit a…see the full review in September‘s magazine.
Anthony McCall: In the Flow
The French philosopher Alain Badiou once noted that art “must be as rigorous as a mathematical demonstration, as surprising as an ambush in the night, and as elevated as a star.”1 Few artworks live up to this aspiration better than the solid light films of Anthony McCall.
Tyree Guyton
Detroit Invisible Doors, installed at Wayne State University…see the full review in September’s magazine.
Nancy Cohen
Oceanville, New Jersey Throughout her career, Nancy Cohen has experimented…see the full review in September’s magazine.
Linda Ridgway: Intimate Castings of Experience
Linda Ridgway decided to work in bronze 20 years ago, adding her printmaker’s point of view to an age-old medium. She has exhibited widely since 1974, with solo exhibitions at the Dallas Museum of Art, the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the El Paso Museum of Art, Dunn
Learning from New Orleans: A Conversation with Shirley Trusty Corey and Mary Len Costa
While images of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath are well known, other behind-the-scenes aspects of the devastation have not received much media attention. For instance, what happens to an art community when a disaster like this occurs?
