Douglas Hollis’s three San Francisco studio spaces reflect the dimensions of his increasingly complex, collaborative public art. A square room dominated by computer monitors could be an architect’s office. The small downstairs shop is neatly gridded with what used to be familiar hand tools.
May 2013
Crystal Schenk
MCMINNVILLE, OREGON Linfield Gallery Crystal Schenk’s installation Artifacts of Memory started off as a vague image in her mind connected to the loss and longing that she experienced after her mother’s suicide. She captured these qualities by creating a circular field of magnets, one set hung from the ceiling and the other tethered to the floor using nearly invisible wire.
“Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes”
WASHINGTON, DC National Gallery of Art An exquisite touring exhibition of small Renaissance bronzes by the sculptor known as Antico shows that strategies of appropriation and serialization, often considered to have originated in the 20th century, have an illustrious and much longer history.
Jared Steffensen
EPHRAIM, UTAH Central Utah Art Center Jared Steffensen’s solo exhibition, “Mom’s always afraid I am going to hurt myself…I usually do,” was at once blithe and sophisticated, sparking an unexpected (and even overlapping) dialogue between skateboarding and formalism.
Color as Material: A Conversation with Tilman
Tilman is definitely an artist’s artist. I first encountered his two-dimensional, non-objective work about 10 years ago while staying at the Center for Contemporary Non-Objective Art (CCNOA) in Brussels, where he was the artistic director. I grew quite fond of his “Tilman sandwiches”—layered horizontal stacks of painted materials that began his shift toward objects.
“Nature, Man, and Sound”
GONGJU, SOUTH KOREA 5th Geumgang Nature Art Biennale The 5th Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, which took “Nature, Man, and Sound” as its theme, was organized by Yatoo, a group that has been in existence since the early 1980s. The mix of work was international, with strong Korean representation, ranging from conceptual to Land Art-ish, purely sculptural, and sound sculptures—all seeking integration within their environment.
Lyndal Osborne and Sherri Chaba
SHERWOOD PARK, ALBERTA, CANADA Strathcona County Art Gallery Two Alberta artists, Lyndal Osborne and Sherri Chaba, recently mounted an exhibition that addressed a range of environmental issues, including genetic diversity and loss of farmland, while focusing on the tar sands controversy and oil industry discards: tailings ponds.
