Focus: Robert Stackhouse: The Ritual of Labor
Robert Stackhouse was trained as a painter during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism. Although his time as an Abstract Expressionist painter lasted only a few years, he has retained that movement’s faith in the emotive and communicative power of the image.
Ingenious Simplicity: The Sculpture of H.C. Westermann
The inventiveness, wit, craft, and thoughtfulness of Westermann’s work continue to influence contemporary art …see the full review in May/June’s magazine.
Icons and Interventions in Chicago and the Potential of Public Art
A temporary installation by Suzanne Lacy, Full Circle (from “Culture in Action”), 1993. Boulders and bronze. John McWilliams Chicago’s public art demonstrates the diversity and the difficulties inherent in public art in the 1990s. The tourist version of Chicago has at its core the towering steel untitled female head by Pablo Picasso, a huge abstracted
Off the Pedestal: Chicago and Public Sculpture, 1965 to 1975
The first generation of contemporary public sculpture in the United States had its origins in artist-organized outdoor sculpture exhibitions …see the full review in May/June’s magazine.
Richard Hunt: Freeing the Human Soul
Chi Town Totem, 1997. Bronze, 102 x 38 x 38 in. As a public artist, Richard Hunt is known as a creator of abstract metal works, each a unique shrine to the human spirit. With over 30 public works in the Chicago area alone, one Hunt aficionado noted, “you kind of bump into them all
Jene Highstein
New York Stark Gallery Jene Highstein is not a Minimalist, though the simplicity of his work suggests that movement. Since his early pipe installations in the alternative space 112 Greene Street, he has worked in various materials including plaster, concrete, wood, stone, and cast metals.
Larry Bell
Los Angeles Kivo Hiqashi Gallery In a recent exhibition by the seminal Light and Space artist Larry Bell, two similar room-sized glass wall installation works were featured along with a maquette and several monoprint collages. Bell began setting large glass sheets into geometric configurations in the late 1960s, segueing from pedestal sculptures to largescale installations.
