Berkeley Kala Institute was founded 30 years ago…see the full review in May’s magazine.
“I am a Transmitter, I Radiate”: Joseph Beuys
Joseph Beuys does not age well. His genius could kindle a flame in a “revolutionary age,” yet at the inception of the third millennium, he appears literally buried in his private mythologies, distilled from life events, and centered on his pet animals as exponents of purity and victirns of civilization.
Planning for Happenstance: Dewitt Godfrey
If the sculptor DeWitt Godfrey were to write a manifesto, it might begin with the saying, “Let the chips fall where they may.” …see the full feature in May’s magazine.
Responsive Construction: A Conversation with Bruce Beasley
Born in Los Angeles in 1939, Bruce Beasley is recognized as one of the most innovative sculptors on the West Coast …see the full feature in May’s magazine.
Fire Medicine: A Conversation with Cai Guo-Qiang
The son of a historian and a painter, Cai Guo-Qiang was born in Quanzhou, China, in 1957, and trained in stage design before moving to Japan in 1987. …see the full feature in May’s magazine.
Movement in Progress: A Conversation with Arnaldo Pomodoro
Novecento, 2000–02. Bronze, 21 x 7 meters diameter. Photo: © Alberto Piovano, Milan. Laura Tansini: How did it happen that the City of Rome commissioned Novecento? Arnaldo Pomodoro: It was in 1998, when Francesco Rutelli was mayor of Rome, at the re-installation of my work Sfera Grande in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after its
Photographs of Public Artworks by Anish Kapoor and Christo & Jeanne-Claude: Copyright Infringement?
Over the past 30-plus years of the public art movement, artworks in public settings have added beauty, interest and, in some instances, controversy to the civic arena. For photographers and plein air painters, however, they may also be adding the threat of a lawsuit for copyright infringement.
Bruce Nauman
London Using empty space within which sound emanates…see the full review in April’s magazine.
Anselm Kiefer
Milan Anselm Kiefer’s exhibition “The Seven Heavenly Palaces”…see the full review in April’s magazine.
