Berlin “Most people when given the choice of”…see the full review in October’s magazine.
October 2006
Stephen Daly: Sculpture as Witness
Many of us are familiar with the Stage Manager, in Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, who observed and narrated the daily events in Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire. Historically, references to this concept of a “witness” or “observer” appear in ancient writings as far back as the Old Testament (Genesis 31: 51–52).
Athena Tacha: Natures of Abstraction
Athena Tacha seeks out natural wonders: slot canyons in Utah, volcanoes in Hawaii, mudboils in New Zealand, glaciers in Patagonia, and, always it seems, water and the magnificent patterns, forms, and effects it has wrought the world over.
Esoteric Practices: A Conversation with Brian Catling
Brian Catling (b.1948) is Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford and Head of Sculpture at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. He recently won the commission to create a permanent memorial for the Tower of London Site of Execution, which was unveiled in September 2006.
Gerda Steiner + Jörg Lenzlinger: Visions of Paradise
Falling Garden (2003), an enchanting installation at the Venice Biennale, turned Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger into instant international celebrities. The Swiss Art Commission had invited the young Swiss artist couple to create an work in the church of San Stae.
Figural Poetry: A Conversation with Manuel Neri
Manuel Neri was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center in 2006. For a full list of Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, click here. Manuel Neri, the son of Mexican immigrants, was born in the San Joaquin Valley in California in 1930.
The Form in Time: Manuel Neri’s Relief Sculptures
In the mid-1980s, Manuel Neri began building sculptures that evoked the relief carvings and architectural friezes of antiquity, a materially substantial format based on the integration of figure and ground. At that time, he had been giving exclusive attention to the figure for more than 20 years and already was closely identified with the solitary
