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Nancy Rubins on Objects in the In-Between

Avatar photo by Pia Singh March 1, 2023March 20, 2023

In her world, there is no detritus and everything (everyone) is charged with potential.

Posted inArt

Lucio Fontana’s Third Dimension

Avatar photo by Stephanie Buhmann January 12, 2023January 17, 2023

Nothing was shaped or glazed by Fontana without his consideration of how light could interact, animate, or even mystify form.

Posted inBooks

In Praise of the Exhibition Catalogue

by Sarah Rose Sharp December 19, 2022February 7, 2023

Shary Boyle’s Outside the Palace of Me exhibition catalogue provides viewers with experiences that an in-person visit cannot.

Posted inArt

Why Are You Drawing Faces Like That?

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford November 1, 2022November 28, 2022

With deep-set eyes and sealed lips, an ovular, narrow face is pervasive in James Gilbert’s work.

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The Mind-Bending Tree Sculptures of “Monsieur Plant”

by Sarah Rose Sharp October 17, 2022October 17, 2022

French artist Christophe Guinet’s mesmerizing plaster sculptures mimic the ability of trees to assume other forms.

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New York’s Beloved Alamo Cube Isn’t Spinning Anymore

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

The cube, which has fallen into disrepair, was strapped in place by supportive metal implements at its base.

Posted inArt

Is Touching Sculpture Sexier After Zoom Fatigue?

by Daniel Larkin April 13, 2022April 14, 2022

The sensation of touching isn’t the point. It’s the yearning — heightened during quarantines — that lives on in these sculptures.

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The Spirited Sculpture of Octavio Medellín, Beloved Mexican-American Artist and Teacher

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

Medellín’s first museum retrospective is a thoughtful tribute to his lifelong pursuit of craft and sincere search for connection.

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The Machine Aesthetic in George Rickey’s Sculptures

by Carl Little January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

Belinda Rathbone’s biography traces the sculptor’s embrace of kinetic mechanisms to his work in the Singer Sewing Machine factory.

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Feliza Bursztyn, a Colombian Sculptor Who Obliterated Norms

Avatar photo by Lauren Moya Ford December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

Bursztyn created vibrating, noisy kinetic sculptures out of scrap metal and cloth with a mix of sensual and disturbing energy.

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Tamara Kostianovsky Envisions a Whimsical Slaughterhouse

Avatar photo by Louis Bury October 20, 2021October 26, 2021

The animal carcass sculptures are gruesome yet their materials — the artist’s own discarded clothing — lend them some gentleness.

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Jon Pylypchuk’s Chorus of Loss

Avatar photo by Natalie Haddad July 31, 2021July 30, 2021

Pylypchuk’s art has always been deeply engaged with the most painful parts of life, those that human beings tend to push aside or deny in order to get by.

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