Artworks 02/08/2019

East-West/West-East:
Richard Serra in the Qatari Desert

Set in a natural corridor formed by gypsum plateaus, East-West/West-East spans over a kilometre in length, and crosses …

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Paul Ardenne’s new book
Un art écologique. Création plasticienne et anthropocène

Paul Ardenne’s book does not only offer a wealth of historical material on the artistic forms of the …

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Rena Detrixhe, Place Out of Matter

A deeply rich earthy red rug welcomes the visitors in the gallery space. It is made of red …

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Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels:
interview with Dia curator Kelly Kivland

From 1973-1976, the American artist Nancy Holt (b. 1938 d. 2014) produced a large-scale land art installation in …

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The CNAP Public Art Collection

Sculpture Nature met with Philippe Bettinelli, visual arts collection (1961-1990) curator and public art advisor at the CNAP, …

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Creation: Julie Navarro, Dissoudre le paysage

On June 16th, 2018, at the Domaine de Suriane in Saint-Chamas (Bouches-du Rhône), Julie Navarro inaugurated the first …

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Vassivière Art Center artist residencies

Marianne Lanavère, director of the Vassivière Art Center, Martina Sabbadini, artist and researcher, and Indian artist Hemali Bhuta, …

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Art in the Rural Sphere at the CIAP, Vassivière island

The seminar Art in the Rural Sphere has been organised in the framework of the Transhumance exhibition-trail and for …

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Eduardo Chillida. La gravedad insistente at Les Abattoirs

In collaboration with the Fundación Eduardo Chillida-Pilar Belzunce, Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse offers a monographic …

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Toward the invisible. Virginie Luc and her Magicians

An Italian-style format with a grey hardcover… A soft grey onto which the title of the book, Les …

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Sheila Hicks: Sculpting Textile

The Centre Pompidou has invited American artist Sheila Hicks for Lignes de vie, a retrospective retracing sixty years …

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Catalogue Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The Floating Piers

Following the announcement of a major exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery (London) and an open-sky project in Hyde …

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The restoration of Niki de Saint Phalle’s Nana at La Petite Escalère

After four months of restoration, Niki de Saint Phalle’s Nana fountain (1967) has regained its original splendor thanks …

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Couleurs

As part of La Forêt d’Art Contemporain, Philippe Fangeaux presents Couleurs (2017), a sculptural ensemble located at La Barp, in …

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Dan Graham at La Petite Escalère

Discover the installation of Pavilion for Pisces (2017) by Dan Graham at La Petite Escalère, with Floris Franquet and Harrie …

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LAND by A.Gormley, C.Richardson and J.Winterson

Whether you are passionate about art or not, Land is the book that should be on everyone’s bookshelf. …

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Material matters: El Anatsui

People passed without noticing. But El stopped to pick up the dusty bag filled with discarded bottle tops, …

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DVD Venet / Sculptures

Released shortly after the historic Bernar Venet exhibition at the Château de Versailles in 2011, the documentary Venet …

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Horizon

As regards the horizon – the limit of our view which manifests itself as a line where the …

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In the Shade of Trees #1
Ai Weiwei — The Tree Recomposed

Since Antiquity, the tree has intrigued, fascinated, questioned and inspired all fields of creation, thoughts and emotions. Humans’ …

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Interview with John Clement

The result of studying and working with such acclaimed artists as Mark di Suvero and John Henry, John …

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Land Art by Michael Lailach

The Basic Genre collection from Taschen Books is probably the most famous art book series in the world. …

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Ana Teresa Fernández Erases the U.S.-Mexico Border

The far northwest corner of Mexico is a bit peculiar. It is both a place of militarization and …

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Silence Buried in White Cement. Petra Noordkamp, Il Grande Cretto di Gibellina, 2015

Il Grande Cretto di Gibellina, 2015 An interview with filmmaker Petra Noordkamp Il Grande Cretto di Gibellina is …

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Gloria Friedmann presents Attraction fatale at the Tuileries Garden.

Gloria Friedmann presents « Attraction Fatale » at the Tuileries Garden. This new version of Adam and Eve is part of …

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Asier Mendizabal, La chaine et la trame (Urritza), 2016 at La Petite Escalère

A site specific installation by Spanish artist Asier Mendizabal on view at La Petite Escalère. Asier Mendizabal, La …

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Rachel Labastie, Enlisement (Run aground), 2016

French artist Rachel Labastie presents Enlisement (2016) : a sculpture representing a boat half buried in mud at the site of Izadia (Anglet). …

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Walking through Central Park with Tatiana Trouvé

It’s her first public commission in the United States.  Italian artist Tatiana Trouvé was inspired by the miles …

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Landscapes for Art. Contemporary Sculpture Parks

Landscapes for Art, Contemporary Sculpture Parks, edited in 2008 by Glenn Harper and Twylene Moyer, respectively Editor and …

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Discovering Art in Nature: Two Guides on Outdoor Art Throughout the World.

Here are two publications on the topic of sculpture gardens and parks and outdoor art throughout the world. …

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Creation: Théodora Barat Artist-in-Residence at La Petite Escalère

« Ils allaient obscurs, dans la nuit solitaire »…1 In 2014, artist Théodora Barat spent a month at …

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The Parliament of Reality, Olafur Eliasson

It is a place to gather and discuss in the Hudson Valley, upstate New York. An island at …

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The Forty-Part Motet : 40 speakers, 40 voices. A Janet Cardiff sound installation.

 40 loud speakers in an empty room overlooking the garden. The installation is simple but the experience amazingly beautiful. …

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An Egg-Shaped Auditorium for the Garden of Inhotim in Brazil

German industrial designer Ingo Maurer specializes in light installations. For the sculpture park of Inhotim in Brazil, he …

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Tuileries Garden: Penone, Moore, Dubuffet and many more…

Did you know that while visiting the Tuileries Garden you can discover year round sculptures by artists such …

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Maillol at the Jardin des Tuileries

The reopening of the Musée Maillol is scheduled for September 2016. Meanwhile, visitors can admire twenty of the …

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Louise Bourgeois at the Jardin des Tuileries

Intertwined hands laid on five granite stones, varying in size from 20 to 30 inches wide and high… …

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Animitas or the Music of Souls : In the World’s Driest Desert, a Poetic Sound Installation by Christian Boltanski

  Animitas is the most recent large scale outdoor installation by French sculptor Christian Boltanski. It is installed …

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The Wall that Went for a Walk

It is the story of a wall that went for a walk in the United States… The first …

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Mary Miss’s South Cove

Mary Miss belongs to a generation of New York-based women artists whose work first was recognized in the …

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MoMA Director’s Passion for Henri Matisse

In connection with the Matisse exhibition The Cut–Outs, MoMA director Glenn Lowry invites us to the sculpture garden …

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Andy Goldsworthy’s Ephemeral Refuges

In 2008, British artist Andy Goldsworthy came to La Petite Escalère along with his team of Scottish masons …

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Spotlight on Alberto Giacometti in MoMA Sculpture Garden in New York

This Tall Figure by Alberto Giacometti is one of MoMA director Glenn Lowry’s favorite sculptures. A large number …

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L’artiste contemporain et la nature

At the end of the 1960s, “artists come out of the art studio” and venture into cities, gardens, …

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Sam Falls colors the outdoors

It is a maze of colors installed in a New York public garden and which will go through …

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In New York City, George Sherwood’s kinetic art scintillates by the Hudson River

Along the Hudson River, on the Greenwich Village side, passersby can discover six kinetic sculptures by American artist …

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Sol LeWitt in the Garden

Those who are familiar with American conceptual artist Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) and his murals and sculptures (which he …

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Zao Wou-Ki’s Les Fonds Marins restored

« Les Fonds Marins » is one of the very few mosaics by Zao Wou-Ki (1921-2013). It was created in …

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Sculpture Today by Judith Collins

« Sculpture in expansion »… This could well be an alternate title for this 485-page book, which explores contemporary sculpture …

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A whirlwind of sculptures on Park Avenue in New York

Since 1969, sculpture installations by world renowned artists such as Bernar Venet, Dubuffet, Robert Indiana and Manolo Valdes …

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Students get trained on the playground

In 1994, artist Federica Matta imagined a children’s playhouse for a private garden located in the southwest of …

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