Finnish artist Kim Simonsson speaks of finding his calling when he discovered ceramic. He describes its extreme variability and diversity of forms as a sort of paradise that allows him to exploit his artistic potential. The first work he created in this material was in the style of a common ceramic living room ornament—a dog.
March 2008
March 2008
Christian Tomaszewski
Long Island City, New York In the cavernous basement of the SculptureCenter’s…see the full review in March’s magazine.
Heather Benning
Sinclair, Canada Although dollhouses have primarily fallen into…see the full review in March’s magazine.
Anders Ruhwald
New York Anders Ruhwald was born in the mid-1970s…see the full review in March’s magazine.
Louise Nevelson
New York The Jewish Museum The 67 Louise Nevelson works at the Jewish Museum included a remarkable and little known group of early works, elements of her ground-breaking environments from the 1950s, and important late sculptures, drawings, and prints centered around Mrs.
Under the Dome of Time: Two Iranian Sculptors
Through a series of coincidences, I was invited by the municipality of Tehran to serve as a juror for its First International Sculpture Symposium in March 2007. Although hesitant at the outset, I accepted out of a sincere curiosity to see what kind of sculpture was being produced in that part of the world.
Don Gummer
New York At first, Don Gummer’s wooden wall reliefs appear…see the full review in March’s magazine.
Feeding the Spirit of Adventure: A Conversation with Nicholas de Oliveira and Nicola Oxley
No research on installation art is complete without a conversation with Nicolas de Oliveira and Nicola Oxley. As founding directors of London’s Museum of Installation (MoI, 1990–2005), an influential nonprofit exhibition space, and authors of the equally influential books, Installation Art (1994) and Installation Art in the New Millennium (2003), their impact is well known.
Jerry Barrish
Schwerin, Germany Over the years, Jerry Barrish has gathered…see the full review in March’s magazine.
David Rabinowitch
New York For many years, the Canadian sculptor…see the full review in March’s magazine.