The Shape of Art at the End of the Century
Toland Grinnell, Mast, 1996-97. Glass and vinyl, 39 x 41 x 142 in. Basilico Fine Arts, New York. “The End of the Century” reads like the story of the Titanic-it is loaded with baggage and going down fast.
Sculpture’s Phantoms in the Public Sphere
Antoine-Denis Chaudet, The Vendôme Column (a 19th-century stereo souvenir showing the column’s base after its demolition in 1871 by the Commune of Paris). Contemporary debates over the nature of public art are often haunted by a romantic fascination with an imagined past of social cohesion founded in part on a population’s univocal approval of its
Memory, Monuments, Mystery, and Iron
Beverly Pepper discusses her retrospective in Florence, the evolution of her work, her working process, and her views on contemporary art …see the full review in April’s magazine.
Hidetoschi Nagasawa
Rome Appia Antica Rome’s Appian Way (leading to the southeast to the coast)—once called Regina Viarum and today Appia Antica—was built in the 3rd century B.C. following the Roman conquest of the south and the opening towards Greece and the East.
“Angel, Angel”
Prague Galerie Rudolfinum The metaphor of the angel forms the central theme of the exhibition “Angel, Angel: Legends of the Present.” Despite the fact that this notion traditionally evokes a connection with an other-worldly and timeless sphere of being, the concept of this exhibition relates to wholly specific and “earthly” experience which modern-day society sees
Chris Booth
Queensland, Australia Evandale Sculpture Walk, Gold Coast City Art Gallery After four months on site, New Zealand sculptor Chris Booth has completed a major installation in Australia. Situated on a sandy promontory of land which projects into the broad Nerang River and placed in the midst of a grove of mangroves and mature eucalyptus trees,
Suzanne Harris
New York Lance Fung Gallery When Suzanne Harris died in 1979 she was only 39 years old. At the time she was only known to a small group of friends and supporters, and had only just begun to have shows with galleries both in the United States and abroad.
