Louise Nevelson: Shadow Dance, Pace Gallery, New York City. Discussion participants: Sculptors Garth Evans, Jock Ireland and Brandt Junceau, with guest artists Lydia Gladkova, Emily Nam and Mallary Marks. Video and editing by Rachael Bohlander. Recorded February 2025.
Comments for discussion are welcome.
Sculpture Forum 
Nevelson builds outward in an additive/compulsive manner, one form on top of another until a mass is achieved. Many of the works seem like barricades (elegant barricades) built to ward off (emotion?). The crate pieces (I think) can be closed, again keeping the inside protected (coffins?). That large diagonal piece looks like it could be read like braille. The first time I saw her work in person in the late 1970’s the pieces seemed like huge walls of midnight. Night, barricades, blindness, death….and all very serious work.
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