The recipient of the International Sculpture Center’s 2013 Outstanding Educator Award, Wayne Potratz will have taught at the University of Minnesota for 45 years when he retires in 2014. A metal caster, he was the first artist on the U of M faculty to be named Professor and Scholar of the College.
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The Dreamer Arranges Reality: A Conversation with Sheila Hicks
Sheila Hicks has devoted her career to exploring the aesthetic and structural qualities of fiber in new contexts. Her work challenges the functional mandate of conventional textiles, as well as the sexism inherent in artistic hierarchies.
Systems: A Conversation with Nancy Holt
Nancy Holt was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center in 2013. For a full list of Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, click here. Nancy Holt, whose work spans more than four decades, is acclaimed as a filmmaker, photographer, writer, and sculptor.
The Work is Not the Sculpture: A Conversation with Nicola Carrino
In a world unwilling to struggle for ideals and search for value, in a consumer society governed by products, money, and power, a conversation with Nicola Carrino about what art means is a refreshing experience. For Carrino, a young artist aged 80, making art is not simply about the work but about the fact that,
Capturing Vitality: Ana Borzone
Ana Borzone is a young Argentinian sculptor with an already lengthy résumé. Selected for the Sculpture National Salon 2012 at the Palais de Glace in Buenos Aires, she has participated in numerous individual and group exhibitions in the United States, Uruguay, Spain, Puerto Rico, and Argentina over the last five years.
Maskull Lasserre
Toronto Centre Space Maskull Lasserre creates technically accomplished sculptures that achieve a delicate balance between familiar, everyday objects and fragile, often macabre forms. His curiosity and willingness to experiment lead him to push the limits of his materials, while his rigorous drawing practice gives him the ability to depict forms with almost scientific accuracy.
“It’s a Phase”
Bellaire, Texas Russ Pitman Park A phase is a division in time or space. “It’s a Phase,” a recent group show in Houston’s Russ Pitman Park, reflected and questioned the phasing between the natural and the artificial that defines the site itself.
John Van Alstine
Albany, New York Opalka Gallery When members of the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Co. spun and piqued their way through John Van Alstine’s recent solo exhibition “Arrested Motion and Perilous Balance,” they underscored a resonant, though not always apparent theme in the sculptor’s work—the figurative.
Space Is a Living Thing: A Conversation with Beverly Pepper
“Critics frequently refer to my work as ‘spiritual.’ Yet I’m less interested in spirituality than in the unexplainable, which you feel more than see. To be clear, I’m not trying to be mystical, nor am I consciously avoiding it. And though I am very concrete and use very concrete materials, I do not intend my work to be ‘explainable.’ Feeling is more important for me than anything formulaic.”
