Christopher Janney knows few limits in his work beyond the speed of light and our ability to hear sound. He defies the idea of dimension, though in almost every case, his interventions help shape, or at least define, the space they inhabit—not really a contradiction in terms.
December 2011
Lin Emery: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space and Time
Originality has an inside and an outside. Understanding the nature of originality in sculpture requires an understanding of both—of the inside, what it is in the sculptor’s life that created her artistic personality, and the outside, what sets her work apart from that of other artists of similar inclination.
Richard Tuttle
NEW YORK The Pace Gallery The wizardry of Richard Tuttle’s work lies in his visionary use of materials and found objects that, by themselves, do not offer much visual appeal.
Constantin Brancusi and Richard Serra
BASEL Fondation Beyeler At first glance, the works of Constantin Brancusi and Richard Serra have little in common. Serra’s work is an elegantly restrained analysis of how form can define and even dominate a space.
Dispatch: Israel Museum
Walking up the grand promenade of the refreshed and expanded, $100 million, 20-acre campus of the Israel Museum is exhilarating, even exalting. Approximately five years in the planning and execution, the museum’s 45th-anniversary building project is the most ambitious cultural development enterprise in Israel’s history.
Nivi Alroy
TEL AVIV Fresh Paint 4 Interdisciplinary artist Nivi Alroy, recipient of last year’s Igal Ahouvi Art Collection prize, recently presented “Food Chain,” an exhibition of sculptural installations, an animation piece, and paintings.