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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
