Confronting Sculpture
Sculptors William Tucker and Garth Evans take a close look at Matisse's first sculpture, Le Serf, at Harvard Art Museums Study Center in Somerville MA on May 12, 2023. Video by Maud Bryt. There will be a panel discussion at New York Studio School at 8 West 8th Street in NYC, the evening of October … Continue reading Sculpture Forum 55: Looking Again: Matisse’s Serf with William Tucker and Garth Evans
Garth Evans, Brandt Junceau, Jock Ireland, and Mallary Marks discuss the Hans Josephsohn exhibit at Skarstedt Gallery in New York, NY, on view September 6 through October 28, 2023. (Audio recorded by Mallary Marks. Photos by Maud Bryt). Is Josephsohn superficial? Cute? Lazy? Ingratiating? Insincere? Does his work have an absence of tenderness, love, as … Continue reading Sculpture Forum 54: Hans Josephsohn
Recorded February 3, 2023 Led by Garth Evans, Sculptors Bruce Gagnier, Jock Ireland, Garth, and Brandt Junceau discuss the exhibit and Raymond Mason's work in general. See what you think, and then please add your comments below to join the discussion. (Video and edit by Maud Bryt) https://youtu.be/ZBMEe28uH00
Recorded July 2022. Join with Sculptor Garth Evans, Independent Curator and Art Critic Karen Wilkin, and Sculpture Forum regulars, sculptors Jock Ireland and Brandt Junceau, as they explore this major survey of postwar American sculptor and painter Rueben Kadish's work. At Eric Firestone Gallery. Video and editing by Maud Bryt. https://youtu.be/9wApCazkxyk Recorded July 2022. Please … Continue reading Reuben Kadish: Earth Mothers at Eric Firestone Gallery, NYC
Recorded March 2022. Led by Sculptor Garth Evans, and joined for the talk by Sculpture Forum regulars, sculptors Jock Ireland and Brandt Junceau, with guest Karen Wilkin. Sculpture Forum confronts the work of American artist Charles Ray on view in the Figure Ground show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Video and sound by … Continue reading Charles Ray: Figure Ground
Recorded June 2021. Led by Sculptor Garth Evens, and joined for the talk by American sculptor Joel Shapiro and Sculpture Forum regulars Jock Ireland and Brandt Junceau. Sculpture Forum examines the work of Alexander Calder in the context of the show, Modern from the Start, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Video and … Continue reading Alexander Calder, Modern from the Start
by Maud Bryt. Bruce Gagnier talks about the new figure sculptures and watercolors in his studio. He has started incorporating color in his sculptures and altering them after the plaster casting point, a departure for him. "I think formalists are empiricists; I'm definitely in the metaphysical camp. What you really see is not there," he … Continue reading A Studio Visit with Bruce Gagnier
Recorded (via Zoom) September 18, 2020. Sculptors Garth Evans, Jock Ireland, and Brandt Junceau discuss the difficulty of discussing, when only have seen in photos and videos, Willard Boepple's exhibit "Wood and Paper, Sculpture and Prints" at Pamela Salisbury Gallery in Hudson, NY, June 27 - July 26, 2020. Artist Maryna Bilak went to the … Continue reading Willard Boepple at Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson NY
by Laura Mattioli. Sculpture has always been the primary subject of my personal, eclectic collection. Most of the pieces that I own are from contemporary artists who have become close friends: Barry X Ball, Flavio Favelli, Jene Highstein, Wolfgang Laib and Richard Nonas. Before moving to New York City, I donated most of this collection … Continue reading Nothing is simple.
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
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