Confronting Sculpture
Recorded (via Zoom) July 2, 2020. Sculptors Garth Evans, Jock Ireland, and Brandt Junceau discuss the current crisis surrounding Civil War monuments. (Video by Maud Bryt) Please add your voice to the discussion by making comments in the area lower on the page where it says "Leave a reply." https://youtu.be/WG2v70K9RhU Here are some excerpts: We … Continue reading Monuments
by Brandt Junceau. Elie Nadelman left hundreds of small plasters at his death in 1946. I’ve been staring at, thinking about and occasionally writing about “the Dolls” for years. I sometimes think of them all as a single thing, but recently, as my notions of legacy and authorship have changed, I no longer think they … Continue reading While I See Her Face
https://youtu.be/9bPlMQQx-Tk Sculpture Forum 10: Lee Tribe's "East 2": A Studio Visit, May 22, 2020. With a mask on and keeping some distance, we get a look at one sculpture in Lee Tribe's new "East" series and hear about some of his influences and methods. Video by Maud Bryt. (To make a comment on this post, … Continue reading Lee Tribe’s “East 2”: A studio visit
https://youtu.be/Qei8Dxu5Am4 Sculpture Forum 9: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, May 1, 2020 Sculptor Brandt Junceau talks about the arch, based on his memory of it and new video footage of the memorial. (Video by Maud Bryt) (To make a comment on this post, please go to "Leave a Reply" … Continue reading Eakins and O’Donovan at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY
By Jock Ireland. Maybe 10, maybe 20 years ago, I bought a small sculpture from a friend, a guy who really loved not just African art, but everything about Africa. When he showed me the sculpture, he told me two things that I remember: the sculpture was from a mysterious, old city called Djenne, close … Continue reading A Little Sculpture from Ancient Djenne in Africa
https://youtu.be/tkuJtDxjz2U Sculpture Forum 7: “Marino Marini: Arcadian Nudes” 17 October 2019 – 13 June 2020 at The Center for Italian Modern Art, New York. Participants: Garth Evans, Brandt Junceau, Jock Ireland, Choghakate Kazarian (video by Maud Bryt). ©SculptureForum2020 Special thank you to The Center for Italian Modern Art for allowing us to videotape the exhibit. … Continue reading Marino Marini at The Center for Italian Modern Art, NYC
https://youtu.be/P_BUw0Cw22w January 3, 2020 Sculpture Forum 6: "Bertoldo di Giovanni: The Renaissance of Sculpture in Medici Florence" September 18, 2019 - January 12, 2020 at The Frick Collection, New York. Participants: Garth Evans, Bruce Gagnier, Jock Ireland, Karen Wilkin (video by Maud Bryt). Special thank you to The Frick Collection for allowing us to videotape … Continue reading Bertoldo di Giovanni at The Frick Collection, New York
https://youtu.be/39c7_IQQXNw Bruce Gagnier exhibit at Thomas Park Gallery and New York Studio School Gallery NYC. Discussion with Garth Evans, Jock Ireland, Brandt Junceau (video by Maud Bryt). If you’re a figurative sculptor, if you’re making figures and you’re a sculptor, the issue has to be—one of the issues has to be—it seems to me—you’re in … Continue reading Bruce Gagnier at Thomas Park Gallery NYC
https://youtu.be/AMMg3Tk53cE Jonathan Silver exhibit at New York Studio School Gallery January 19, 2019. Garth Evans, Brandt Junceau (Video by Maud Bryt) I’m interested because the head seems such a sculptural lump to begin with, but it raises all those issues of recognition. . . The whole arena of portraiture, which is, of course, very, very … Continue reading Jonathan Silver at New York Studio School
https://youtu.be/TEEa-l0beLs Manuel Neri exhibit at Yale University Art Gallery. Participants: Garth Evans, Bruce Gagnier, Sally Tittmann, Brandt Junceau, Martin Kersels, Monica Bock, David Cohen, Karen Wilkin (video by Maud Bryt). I’ve known Neri’s work for some time—and it’s always troubled me. –Garth Evans I find it hard to get past the mutilation, the crudeness, the … Continue reading Manuel Neri at Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
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