Hammer Museum Present New Sculptural Work by Architect Greg Lynn

LOS ANGELES, CA.- This summer, the Hammer Museum will present a new sculptural work by Los Angeles-based architect Greg Lynn. A fantastical attraction for visitors of all ages, Fountain will be located in the museum’s outdoor courtyard. The work is a functioning fountain made entirely out of found large plastic children’s toys that have been cut and reassembled in multiple layers, with water spouting from its top and pooling at its base. Constructed from more than seventy-five prefabricated plastic whale [...]

IVAM Offers Bernar Venet His First Show in a Spanish Museum

VALENCIA.- The first exhibition in a Spanish museum dedicated to Bernar Venet gathers 53 works and a representative selection of the conceptual work developed by Bernar Venet during different phases of his artistic career. Part of his work was characterized by the use of poor materials, new media such as the video, the sound recording and the photography in order to document performances and actions and the advent of unpredictable situations. Works such as Performance dans les détritus (Performance within [...]

Monumental Sculptures by Manolo Valdés can be Seen on Broadway

NEW YORK, NY.- The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, The Broadway Mall Association, Marlborough Gallery, and the New York City Department of Transportation are pleased to announce a public exhibition of monumental sculptures by Spanish artist Manolo Valdés from May 20, 2010 through January 23, 2011. The exhibition will include sixteen bronze sculptures along Broadway from Columbus Circle to 166th Street. Each sculpture will include signage that displays mobile phone access numbers for an English and Spanish [...]

Iceberg with Dutch Artist Ap Verheggen Artworks Breaks Loose

THE HAGUE.- The big moment for the sculptures of Dutch artist Ap Verheggen has come. The iceberg in Greenland on which he placed his artwork “Dog Sled Riders” back in March has broken loose. The uncertain journey can be followed on the website www.coolemotion.org, via GPS, photos, and video. Satellite images show that the iceberg on which Verheggen placed his sculptures in March have started to move. It drifts away from the island of Uummannaq with an unknown destination. In [...]

Arts Commission Presents Zhang Huan’s Colossal “Three Heads Six Arms”

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Arts Commission President P.J. Johnston and Director of Cultural Affairs Luis R. Cancel dedicated a new temporary sculpture by celebrated Chinese artist Zhang Huan. Presented in conjunction with the Shanghai-San Francisco Sister City 30th Anniversary Celebration, Zhang’s colossal Three Heads Six Arms (2008) made its world premiere in the heart of San Francisco’s Civic Center, the Joseph L. Alioto Performing Arts Piazza, which is located across the street from City Hall. Three [...]

De La Warr Pavilion Opens Antony Gormley’s Critical Mass

EAST SUSSEX.- Critical Mass, one of Gormley’s best known works, is an installation made up of 60 lifesize cast iron body forms which is being displayed on the roof of the De La Warr Pavilion. The artist comments: “This is the return of the lost subject to the site of Modernism. It is great to have a chance to test this piece of sculpture against the clarity of Mendelsohn and Chemayeff’s English masterpiece. I am excited to see these dark [...]

John Grade’s Newest Site Specific Sculpture at Cynthia Reeves

NEW YORK, NY.- Cynthia-Reeves presents Circuit, John Grade’s newest site specific sculpture; the gallery is the first of three installations of the artist’s latest project. Grade’s work overtly engages with its surrounding environments, both architectural and natural. When indoors, his work references built space – at Cynthia-Reeves, Circuit literally connects with the gallery’s walls. When presented outdoors, the work evolves materially. Weather patterns affect the exposed surfaces, which disintegrate and morph the piece into an entirely new work. The impetus [...]

Ancient Animal Art Snapped Up within Hours of Exhibition Opening

LONDON.- Within hours of the opening of the exhibition A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, Rupert Wace Ancient Art had sold twenty-three of the eighty-seven works, including two crocodiles, to eager collectors. (This represents 26.5% by number and 42.6% by value). The exhibition, which is taking place at the Sladmore Gallery, 57 Jermyn Street, St. James’s, London SW1, opened to the public today (Wednesday 12 May) and will close on Friday 28 May 2010. The collection of [...]

New Body of Work by British Artist Marc Quinn at White Cube

LONDON.- The White Cube Hoxton Square presents a new body of work by British artist Marc Quinn. Entitled ‘Allanah, Buck, Catman, Chelsea, Michael, Pamela and Thomas’, the exhibition brings together new sculptures executed in marble, bronze and silver, depicting people who have undergone extreme levels of plastic surgery and transformation including hormone therapy, tattoos, piercing, skin bleaching, hair dying as well as implants and transplants. Quinn has always been interested in the public’s obsession with the body, its perfections and [...]

Nairy Baghramian and Phyllida Barlow at the Serpentine Gallery

LONDON.- The Serpentine Gallery presents an exhibition of the work of artists Nairy Baghramian and Phyllida Barlow. The exhibition presents two positions on sculpture in the 21st century. Nairy Baghramian (b. Iran, 1971) is a Berlin-based artist known for her sculptural installations and photographs. Her complex work encompasses questions of context, institutional framing and the production and reception of contemporary art. It also includes elements of re-worked minimalism, design history and modernist architecture. Well represented in Europe, this is Baghramian’s [...]

SculptureCenter Organizes Group Exhibition Curated by Fionn Meade

LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- SculptureCenter presents Knight’s Move , a group exhibition organized by SculptureCenter curator Fionn Meade. Knight’s Move is on view May 3 – July 26, 2010. As the one piece on the board that moves either forward or backward but always laterally in the same gesture, the knight’s move is a tactical one, relying upon stealth, surprise, and sidelong views. This spring SculptureCenter presents a group exhibition that brings together artists prominent to the dialog of New [...]

Metal Sculptor is Focus of New Memorial Art Gallery Exhibition

ROCHESTER, NY.- Rochester sculptor Albert Paley has earned an international reputation for his ability to manipulate cold, hard metal into organic, seemingly impossible forms. Over a career spanning more than three decades, he has completed more than 60 monumental commissions for sites from Washington DC to Houston to Los Angeles. Now he is the subject of Albert Paley in the 21st Century, an exhibition that brings together 37 sculptures and models and 16 drawings produced between 2000 and 2010. Highlights [...]

Socrates Sculpture Park Presents Eleven New Works

LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- Socrates Sculpture Park presents Cityscape: Surveying the Urban Biotope, on Sunday May 2, 2010, from 2-6pm. Curated by Alyson Baker and Marichris Ty, the show will explore the presence of nature in the fabric of urban life. Cityscape includes eleven new works by artists: Saul Becker, George Boorujy, William Cordova, David Kennedy Cutler, Lillian Gerson, Janelle Iglesias, Katherine McLeod, Ester Partegàs, Zena Verda Pesta, Christine Howard Sandoval, and Mark Lawrence Stafford. The introduction or invasion of [...]

Breathtaking Chihuly Exhibition Among Meijer Gardens’ Largest

GRAND RAPIDS, MI.- Few American artists can capture the attention of millions the way Dale Chihuly can, and Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, one of the nation’s most significant sculpture and botanic experiences, will celebrate the masterwork of Chihuly with a breathtaking and exclusive outdoor sculpture exhibition, April 30 – September 30, 2010. “Chihuly at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: A New Eden” will include thousands of pieces of glass in 15 different settings across the 132-acre grounds. [...]

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Announces Portrait, Sculpture

BENTONVILLE, ARK.- The beauty of glorious attire and what it communicates to others is celebrated in two works of art announced by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Mrs. Theodore Atkinson, Jr. (1765), an oil portrait by John Singleton Copley, considered one of the most influential painters in colonial America, augments an exceptional collection of portraits by Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Eakins and John Singer Sargent. Dress Impression with Wrinkled Cowl (2007) by Karen LaMonte, a leading figure among American artists [...]