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Diane Simpson's Sculpture Finds Beauty of a Different Kind
In a world delighted and entertained by displays of material excess, Diane Simpson shows that there is another possibility.
Diane Simpson
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Original Translations
Diane Simpson’s sculptures, which are made from planes she cuts and scores when she wants to curve them, always begin with a drawing.
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The Beauty of Absent Bodies
Whoever thought that Carl Andre’s joyless, hug-the-floor sculpture was the logical culmination of Brancusi got it wrong. This kind of thinking strikes me as macho, competitive, and prescriptive.
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Whimsical, Art Deco–Inspired Window Designs
CHICAGO — Confessions of an arts writer: my background is in theater design.