"A contemporary of Donald Judd and Richard Serra, the highly influential German artist Franz Erhard Walther (born 1939) has been investigating the spatial and sensorial and dimensions of forms for over six decades. Walther's sculptural practice is rooted in performance and collaborative situations, challenging traditional notions of sculptural process and product.Published on the occasion of the artist's first major US show since he was ..."
"For more than 40 years, the art of Paul Laffoley (born 1940) has synthesized a broad swath of disciplines--from art history, architecture and classical literature to science fiction and natural and occult sciences--offering alternative ways to understand and rethink the world that surrounds us. Laffoley combines diagrams, symbols and texts to create densely layered paintings that take anywhere from one to three years to paint. This sust ..."
"Published in celebration of the exhibition I Repeat Myself When Under Stress at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) in early 2009, this catalog presents photographic documentation, along with critical essays by the exhibition's curators Thomas Trummer (Project Manager for the Visual Arts, Siemens Siftung, Munich, Germany) and Trevor Smith (Curator of Contemporary Art, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts) along with a f ..."
"In 1967, for her first museum retrospective, Louise Nevelson (1899–1988) was given carte blanche to transform the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University into an all-emcompassing, theatrical environment for her sculpture. Nevelson installed her show across the whole museum, draping the walls of the permanent collection with the colors that reflected the black, white, gold and navy palette of her works. Louise Nevelson: I Must Recompose t ..."
"This two-volume set documents American-born, Berlin-based sculptor Jason Dodge's (born 1969) 2013 exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle. The first volume is comprised of installation shots; the second includes an exchange between Dodge and poet Matthew Dickman."