Washington, DC Scale and height accounted for at…see the full review in December’s magazine.
December 2006
Bryan Nash Gill
Windsor, Connecticut The central tension in Bryan Nash Gill’s…see the full review in December’s magazine.
Claire Falkenstein
West Hollywood, California American-born Claire Falkenstein emerged on…see the full review in December’s magazine.
Richard Pettibone
Laguna Beach, California By turns witty, whimsical, and devilishly wry…see the full review in December’s magazine.
Cheryl Ekstrom
Culver City, California More than three years ago, Cheryl Ekstrom…see the full review in December’s magazine.
James Turrell
Yorkshire, U.K. James Turrell’s installation in Yorkshire…see the full review in December’s magazine.
State of the Art: Public Art in Boston
Many cities have successfully used art and culture as a vehicle for urban revitalization and pay special attention to neighborhood identity through public art programs. Boston is no exception to this development, although a number of initiatives are sponsored by private organizations.
Removed Monuments / Shifted Narratives
In 1979 Michael Asher removed a statue of George Washington from the Art Institute of Chicago entrance and placed it in Gallery 219 as part of an installation. His act posed questions regarding our relationship to history and raised one of the most relevant issues of art theory and practice of the time: the criticism
Mara Adamitz Scrupe: How Does Your Garden Grow?
Beneath the surfaces of Mara Adamitz Scrupe’s lovely installations, powerful ideas put down roots, train themselves into the terrain, and inform native landscapes and communities in ways that have far-reaching reverberations. Garden for the Third Coast, created in 2005 for Buffalo Bayou Art Park (BBAP), was the culmination of her year-long residency with BBAP, a nonprofit
Grand Rapids: Sculpture in the Urban Fabric
Last January, Andy Goldsworthy’s colossal stone gateway Grand Rapids Arch was unveiled at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. In March, the Michigan city announced that Dennis Oppenheim would receive a $200,000 commission to create the spiraling aluminum and Lexan Journey Home for the new Rapid Central Station bus depot.
