As his 40th birthday approached, the Canadian sculptor Clay Ellis discovered he no longer wanted to make the massive steel objects that had established his reputation in the 1990s. These mysterious works, notable for their authoritative presence, seductive forms, and complex allusions, staked out new and personal territory for construction in metal.
DIFC Gulf Art Fair
Dubai, United Arab Emirates With millions of shopping-crazed tourists…see the full review in November’s magazine.
The Armory Show 2007
New York What began in 1994 as the Gramercy…see the full review in November’s magazine.
2007 Guandu International Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
Taipei, Taiwan The second Guandu International Sculpture Exhibition…see the full review in November’s magazine.
William King: Recipient of the 2007 Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award
William King was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center in 2007. For a full list of Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, click here. Now 82, William King has been showing figurative sculpture on a regular basis in New York for over 50 years.
Dispatch: Venice and Basel
Last June, in Venice and Basel…see the full review in November’s magazine.
Heide Hatry: Skin Does Not Lie
Heide Hatry’s SKIN has landed in the center of an international dialogue with remarkable speed. The project, a multi-dimensional multimedia exploration of pigskin, has been exhibited in the artist’s native Germany, Spain, and Canada, as well as in Los Angeles and at the Goethe Institut in New York City.
Cuenca Bienal
Cuenca, Ecuador The Ninth Bienal de Cuenca was held…see the full review in November’s magazine.
If This is Venice (Kassel, Münster), It Must Be Now
I ran into the dealer from the Gagosian Gallery at the foot of a very large, very real, and aggressively mangy stuffed giraffe. This was at Documenta, the 12th incarnation of the every-five-years survey of contemporary art in Kassel, Germany.
