In 1981, artist Richard Serra installed his Minimalist sculpture, “Tilted Arc”, in Federal Plaza in New York City.  Commissioned by the General Services Administration, “Arc” was a curving wall of unfinished steel 120 feet long and 12 feet high.  When seen from different points, the piece seemed to . . .

    Although he may not be the most famous artist working in France today, Bernard Pagés has been active for the past forty odd years and has participated in around eighty individual shows and three hundred collaborative exhibitions. Over the course of that long history, he has developed an ideology. . .

The question of whether the human figure can play a central role in contemporary sculpture continues to be debated. Even those critics seeming to advocate a meaningful role for the human figure, question its real relevance. Kathleen Whitney, in her 1997 article in Sculpture Magazine (now available. . .

In the early days of sculpture, the human figure was a central and unifying theme. However, in the past century, sculpture has explored other directions, almost completely deserting the figurative element.  Now, in the work of Ron Mueck, the human figure is back. And, in his intensity of expressio. . .