Numbered and Filed #2, 1984. Mixed media, 74 x 32 x 22 in. Last April, one month before she died at the age of 96, the state of Louisiana designated its native daughter, sculptor Clyde Connell, a “legend.”
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Calculated Risks: Showing the Big Stuff
Sculpture presents problems for a marketplace better suited to paintings and small-scale works, but some dealers surmount the difficulties with passion and vision…see the full review in December’s magazine.
Book Review: Alexander Calder, 1898-1976
by Marla Prather, Yale University Press, 40 pounds sterling; According to the Yale University Press catalogue, their new book on Calder “will for the first time present Calder in a serious light and a proper historical context.”
Mark Hadjipateras
Athens lleana Tounta Art Center Artio Gallery Two solo exhibitions have presented the works of Mark Hadjipateras in Athens galleries. The first one took place at the lleana Tounta Art Center and the second a month later, at the Artio Gallery.
Luigi Mainolfi, Giuseppe Maraniello
Pesaro, Italy Pescheria Center for Vrsual Art This year the Pescheria Center for Visual Art held an exhibition of works by two artists who have been prominent on the contemporary art scene for many years. The work of Luigi Mainolfi and Giuseppe Maraniello on exhibit in the beautiful loggia of the Pescheria reconfirms the persistence
Max Ernst: Sculptures, Houses, Landscape
Paris Centre Georoes Pom pidou A founder of Dada and member of the surrealist movement, Max Ernst was largely recognized for his paintings (not to mention his fleeting relationships with women such as Peggy Guggenheim) but his sculpture has most often been overlooked.
Marita Dingus
Seattle Francine Seders Gallery Marita Dingus, Shackles, Mixed media, installation view. During a three-month stay with a friend who lived near Texas College in Tyler, Texas, Seattle artist Marita Dingus immersed herself in artifacts and texts about the African-American slave experience.
HorseHead Sculpture Project ’98
Seattle Sand Point Naval Station The former Sand Point Naval Station north of the University of Washington is attracting a lot of attention for hosting various indoor and outdoor art projects since it was consigned over to the City of Seattle by the U.S.
Richard Marquis
Objects, 1967-1997 Seattle Seattle Art Museum Blizzard’s Suspense, Blown and cast glass,26.5 x 25.5 x 11 in. Richard Marquis’s quirky, mindful art encapsulates layers of history. His 51 objects at the Seattle Art Museum, created over the past 30 years, compete for the viewers attention… See the print version of Sculpture Magazine for the full
David Smith
Mountainville, NY Storm King David Smith, (Foreground) Sitting Printer, 1954. Bronze. (Background) Untitled (Candida). Stainless steel. David Smith s sculptures are meant to be seen through. That aspect of the work was made eminently clear in an installation at Storm King Art Center this summer… See the full review in the print version of Sculpture
