In a flurry of activity in the late ’60s, Jack Burnham wrote three substantial art-theoretical works: “Beyond Modern Sculpture: The Effects of Science and Technology on the Sculpture of this Century”, “The Structure of Art”, and “Great Western Saltworks: Essays on the Meaning of Post Formalist Art”.
Visual Fringe
Philadelphia Upon opening our standard guidebook, we identify a three-star restaurant and easily decode the message… for the full review see the print edition of January/February 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
The DeCordova Annual Exhibition
Lincoln, MA DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park ln doubling its exhibition space, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park has made itself Boston’s leading suburban museum. It has long sought out emerging art… for the full review see the print edition in January/February 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
Robert Charles Smith, Anna Skibska
St. Louis Laumeier Sculpture Park R. Duane Reed Gallery This spring, exhibitions by Robert Charles Smith and Anna Skibska combined abstract forms, humor, and light… for the full review see the print edition of January/February 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
Sculptor’s Place: The Studio of Grace Knowlton
Grace Knowlton’s spheres and boulders become metaphors for the influence of time on both objects and individuals….see the full review in January/February’s magazine.
Giacometti to Judd: Prints by Sculptors
New York Long Beach Museum of Art Examining concepts of history and knowledge, the ltalian-born California artist Pia Pizzo taunts and teases viewers into regarding the common bound book as more than a repository of verbal discourse… for the full review see the print edition of January/February 1999’s Sculpture magazine.
Richard Serra, Man of Steel
Richard Serra’s tough guy status as the last gasp of machismo in art is fading as the lyrical “Torqued Ellipses”-shown at the Dia Center in New York and, with added forms, at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary in Los Angeles-turn him into a friendly tourist attraction.
Dove Bradshaw
Los Angeles
Shawn Skabelund
Detroit
