Metal Sculptures Loaned by Office of William J. Clinton

NORTH MIAMI, FL.- Metal sculptures by artists Serge Jolimeau and Michée Ramil Remy will be on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in North Miami from April 16 – May 30, 2010. The artists, who live and work in Haiti, follow a long tradition of metalwork in their country, using hammers and chisels to transform metal oil drums into objects relating to natural elements of the Caribbean. Among the works included in the MOCA exhibition are the original [...]

NYPD Called About Rooftop Art Confused for Jumpers

NEW YORK, NY.- New York City police have responded to 10 calls in the past few weeks from residents concerned that life-size body casts gazing down from buildings are real people preparing to jump. The work by Antony Gormley consists of 31 life-size figures of the artist cast in iron and glass fiber. The sculptures were installed on pathways, sidewalks and rooftops of buildings surrounding Madison Square Park for an exhibit called Event Horizon beginning March 26. The NYPD had [...]

New Works by Artist Thomas Houseago at Michael Werner Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Michael Werner Gallery presents The Moon and the Stars and the Sun, an exhibition of new works by Los Angeles-based artist Thomas Houseago. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York City. Thomas Houseago’s approach to sculpture is profoundly subversive. He is radical in his conservatism, upending our contemporary notions of sculpture with works that embrace history and the immediacy of the artist’s hand. His materials – plaster and hemp, wood and iron – are [...]

Mario Sculpture “Game Over” based on La Pietá by Michelangelo

Kordian Lewandowski turns blends religious Renaissance art and geek culture with his polystyrene foam block carving titled Game Over, based on the famous La Pietá by Michelangelo. Carved by a 24-year-old Michelangelo, La Pietá shows Mary cradling Jesus in her lap after he has been crucified. The statue was vandalized in the early 1970s when an Australian geologist took a hammer to the sculpture. The work resides in St. Peter’s Basilica behind bullet proof (and hammer proof) glass. Lewandowski created [...]

Bonnefantenmuseum Exhibits Works by Sidi El Karchi and Bas de Wit

MAASTRICHT.- Since the ‘youngsters’ Sidi El Karchi and Bas de Wit successfully completed their studies at the art academy a little less than ten years ago, the museum has been following their progress. That was fairly easy to do, as they both studied in Maastricht and still live and work in the vicinity – apart from short visits to New York and Antwerp. Now El Karchi and De Wit’s careers have really taken off. Their CVs each list a series [...]

“Metamorphosis” by Rona Pondick at Nassau County Museum of Art

ROSLYN HARBOR, NY.- Sculptural work by Rona Pondick, fusing human and natural forms in provocative ways, will be on view in “Metamorphosis: Rona Pondick”, at Nassau County Museum of Art’s (NCMA) Contemporary Gallery through May 23. Rona Pondick blends traditional sculptural methods with the latest 3-D computer technology to produce powerful sculptural objects that morph human, animal and plant forms. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in this country and abroad and is in the collections [...]

The Watts Towers

Los Angeles, California.- The Watts Towers or Towers of Simon Rodia in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California, is a collection of 17 interconnected structures, two of which reach heights of over 99 feet (30 m). The Towers were built by Italian immigrant construction worker Sabato (“Sam” or “Simon”) Rodia in his spare time over a period of 33 years, from 1921 to 1954. The work is an example of non-traditional vernacular architecture and American Naïve art. The Towers [...]

Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art Holding an Online Auction Featuring the Glass Sculpture of Richard Ritter

GREENSBORO, NC.- On April 10th 2010 Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art will launch an online auction to include ten pieces of Richard Ritter’s glass sculpture featured in the retrospective exhibition, Richard Ritter: 40 Years of Glass. This auction offers an exclusive opportunity to purchase these pieces, some of which have not been offered for sale to the public prior to this exhibition. The exhibition Richard Ritter: 40 Years of Glass exhibition was co-organized by the Toe River Arts [...]

Steve Tobin Debuts New Steelroots Series at The Morton Arboretum

LISLE, IL.- The Morton Arboretum, a world-renowned leader in tree science and education, is pleased to present a unique exhibition of massive Steelroots and other sculptures by Pennsylvania artist Steve Tobin. The show, which marks the Arboretum’s first display of fine art sculpture as well as the debut of Tobin’s current Steelroots series, will open as a four-season exhibition of 14 monumental sculptures on April 9, 2010. Tobin gained international acclaim in 2004 with the dramatic installation of the Trinity [...]

Jupiter Artland New Sculpture Commissions: Details Announced

EDINBURGH.- Jupiter Artland announced further details of the five major site specific commissions for 2010. New works by Turner Prize short-listed artists Nathan Coley, Cornelia Parker and Jim Lambie (two works) and young British sculptor Peter Liversidge will be unveiled to the public on 14 May. The site for each new work has been chosen by the artist and reflects Jupiter Artland’s commitment to commissioning new work by leading international artists. Nathan Coley’s powerful new work In Memory takes the [...]