Enclosures
dal 7/6/2002 al 22/9/2002
Segnalato da
7/6/2002
Enclosures
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh
The exhibition-comprised of large works by five artists who are counted among the most important practitioners of sculpture in recent decades-marks the first time these works have been shown together. As the exhibition title suggests, each of these large-scale sculptures contains and engages the space that surrounds it.
Masterworks of contemporary sculpture
Enclosures, an exhibition of contemporary sculpture from
the museum's permanent collection, will be on view at Carnegie Museum of
Art, June 8-September 22, 2002.
The exhibition-comprised of large works by
five artists who are counted among the most important practitioners of
sculpture in recent decades-marks the first time these works have been shown
together. As the exhibition title suggests, each of these large-scale
sculptures contains and engages the space that surrounds it.
Siah Armajani's Buffet in Between Window with Open Shutters (1984-85) draws
on sculptural traditions as well as common architectural elements that are
normally used to create functional space. Richard Artschwager's D.W. VI,
D.W. VII, and D.W. VIII, each created in 1994, are storage vessels that
contain nothing but space, emphasizing the physical qualities of the
container. Inside the enclosure created by Louise Bourgeois's Cell II
(1991) a tableau evoking events in the artist's life can be seen. Richard
Long's Elterwater Stone Ring (1985) is comprised of 113 stones in a circular
pattern that brings to mind ancient religious monuments, such as Stonehenge.
Susana Solano's Dos Nones (1988), composed of hand-molded and industrial
materials, eerily evokes a prison cell or confessional.
Each of these five large-scale sculptures can be viewed from any angle, and
to accommodate these multiple perspectives, Enclosures will be installed in
the museum's spacious Hall of Sculpture. A second-floor balcony encircles
the 60 by 114 ft. white marble room, providing an aerial view of the
sculptures, and a wall-to-wall skylight bathes the exhibition space with
natural light.
According to Laura Hoptman, curator of contemporary art at Carnegie Museum
of Art, Enclosures can serve as a short course in sculpture. "Enclosures is
the fruit of intelligent and perspicacious collecting by the museum in the
1980s and '90s. Each of these works is a masterpiece unto itself, and
together they offer a short course in the development of the architecturally
inflected sculpture of the past thirty years," she said.
Support
General support for the exhibitions and programs at Carnegie Museum of Art
is provided by grants from The Heinz Endowments and the Pennsylvania Council
on the Arts.
Carnegie Museum of Art
Located at 4400 Forbes Avenue in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh and
founded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895,
Carnegie Museum of Art is nationally and internationally recognized for its
distinguished collection of American and European works from the sixteenth
century to the present.
The Heinz Architectural Center, part of Carnegie
Museum of Art, is dedicated to the collection and exhibition of
architectural representations and to the study of all aspects of the built
environment.
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