Sculpture Milwaukee 2021 begins installing outdoor artworks in May
Sculpture Milwaukee will begin installation of its fifth season of outdoor public art this month, adding new works to 15 holdovers from the 2020 exhibit along Wisconsin Avenue and in the Historic Third Ward.
Guest curators Theaster Gates and Michelle Grabner are introducing a titled exhibit for the first time in this project, there is this We, drawn from a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks. In a statement from Sculpture Milwaukee, Grabner said the title reflects works that honor belief in social change through the provocations of the artistic imagination.
Planned new sculptures include:
A work by Betty Gold to be installed permanently on the Milwaukee Art Museum campus.
Latest exhibition at TW Fine Art explores currency as artistic medium
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.-TW Fine Art is presenting: Show Me The Money, a collective exhibition running from April 9th, 2021 to May 16th, 2021 at its outpost in Palm Beach, Florida. Show Me The Money features works by thirteen artists. Show Me The Money investigates the concept of currency through a visual and tactile exploration of both currencys tangible forms such as coins, woven paper bills, and precious metals and also the semiotics associated with wealth and materialism. Works by masters of contemporary and modern art are juxtaposed with works by TW-represented artists, highlighting TWs hybrid approach to fine art agency which unites established collectors with early and mid-career visual artists unparalleled enabling access to primary and secondary market works. Complementing the palpable explorations of currency, Carles García ODowds NFT G.O D. Dollars will be making their
Living Sculpture, Turin, 1966. Courtesy Fondazione Merz.
As the daughter of this extraordinary woman, I can’t not mention Marisa Merz, both as an artist and also as a mother. I was guided and inspired by her quiet determination and her energy. Often going against what was rational, she lived by her own rules. These are qualities that, in addition to other things, I consider fundamental to be able to achieve one’s goals. Beatrice Merz, president, Fondazione Merz, Torino, Italy
Belgian philosopher Isabelle Stengers in 1997. Photo by Louis MONIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.
The writing of Belgian philosopher Isabelle Stengers has been really influential in the thinking in my own work. I find her work provocative. It cuts through the illusions of our age to find alternative truths and gives me a sense of purposefulness. I think her concepts and writings are crucial for our time.
J.P. Donleavy at his home in Levington Park House. (Photo: Noel Shrine) By Noel Shrine, Contributor
At 89, J.P. Donleavy celebrated 60 years of his best-selling cult-classic, The Ginger Man. At his countryside retreat near Mullingar, he spoke to Noel Shine about his extraordinary life and the novel that gave rise to his notoriety all those years ago.
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J.P. Donleavy first came to prominence at a time in the 20th century when to be a novelist had a certain cachet. An era when television, pop music, and the virtual world of the internet had yet to be subsumed into the culture. A more innocent time when the church-state axis held sway over the moral compass in much the same way the humanist brigade do now. It was a far-off land, where to utter the word “nipple” was considered taboo and “balloons,” positively inflammatory. It was against this backdrop that a loose affiliation of young, Irish writers converged on late 1940s Dublin to form wha
Stanfordâs Public Art Committee set to expand contemporary art offerings across campus
The universityâs Public Art Committee oversees commissions of site-specific works by Alicja Kwade, Sam Van Aken, Xu Zhen.
By Robin Wander
The transformation of the arts at Stanford â begun a decade ago with the creation of the arts district â continues on, with transformative art installations in other locations on campus as well.
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Pars Pro Toto by Alicja Kwade. (Image credit: Courtesy Alicja Kwade, courtesy 303 Gallery, New York)
The Public Art Committee, chaired by Matthew Tiews, interim senior associate vice president for the arts and associate vice president for campus engagement, has been working with campus stakeholders to ensure that the public art program expands with purpose and thoughtful integration across the campus landscape. Upcoming additions include major installations in the Science and Engineering Quad (SEQ) and on Meyer Green, and a livin