NEW YORK The FLAG Art Foundation While Rider offers an antidote of sorts to our collective trauma—we could all use a little magic—the title acquires an extra dash of poignancy in its homage to the conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader and his final project of the same name: the solo crossing of the Atlantic in a tiny pocket vessel, from which he never returned.
Inside Materiality: A Conversation with Florence Peake
Born and raised in London, Florence Peake is a sculptor, performance artist, and dancer whose work has been shaped by music, film, and poetry, as well as a keen interest in esoteric and shamanic practices.
Beverly Buchanan
NEW YORK Andrew Edlin Gallery “Shacks and Legends, 1985–2011,” a recent mini-retrospective that also included works on paper and photographs, made a strong case for entering Buchanan (1940–2015) into the contemporary canon.
Strange Devices, by Joshua Reiman
In Strange Devices, Joshua Reiman—frequent Sculpture contributor and chair of the sculpture program at the Maine College of Art and Design—considers the definition and nature of sculpture.
Shapes From Illusions: A Conversation with Jean-Michel Othoniel
For Jean-Michel Othoniel, glass has “opened up…a realm of endless possibilities,” allowing him to create transformative works on the edge of unreality.
Things of the Spirit: A Conversation with Helaine Blumenfeld
Helaine Blumenfeld, an American sculptor who moved to the U.K. in the 1960s, has spent most of her decades-long career avoiding the media spotlight. More interested in pursuing a personal vision than in chasing success, she has focused on creating sculptures that explore her subconscious and the human spirit.
Sean Lynch
EDINBURGH Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Rather than become embroiled in a “should it stay or should it go” brawl over the monument’s future, Lynch shifted eyes away from what he describes as “the egotistical grandeur” of city monuments in a small but busy exhibition in one of ESW’s courtyard studios.
Arquitectura del Hogar: Una Conversación con Jazmín Grinbaum
Arquitecta y artista visual argentina, Jazmín Grinbaum completa su formación con un posgrado en Diseño Conceptual y estudios en Parsons School of Design en Nueva York.
From the Sculptor’s Studio, by Ina Cole
From the Sculptor’s Studio, by Sculpture contributing editor Ina Cole, features candid, in-depth conversations with 20 artists who have helped to define, and redefine, sculpture in the late 20th and early 21 centuries.
Hidden Order: A Conversation with Pablo Butteri
Pablo Butteri feels a visceral link with nature. His works are organic and full of movement, with abstract beings emerging from labyrinths and knots. Salt, coal, glass, and silicone create enigmatic and enchanting, quasi-monochrome micro-worlds that invite viewers to follow unclear passages through dense spaces amid smoke and audiovisual projections.
