Sculpture

STUDIO VISIT

Taylor Ashby Hawkins Shows Richie Shazam the Innards of His Sculptures

September 4, 2024

Richie Shazam visited the artist at his Ridegwood studio to hear about the many inspirations for his new solo exhibition at Ashes/Ashes, from Cronenberg to “Dune.”

IN CONVERSATION

Olivia Erlanger Invites Aubrey Plaza Inside Her Industrial Futurama

April 18, 2024

Before the opening of her debut solo show at the Contemporary Arts Museum, the artist talked to Aubrey Plaza about haunted appliances and pill-popping housewives.

IN STUDIO

Meet Damien Davis, the Sculptor Who is “Laying the Trap”

May 26, 2023

“The art world conditions artists to believe that it’s more competitive than it actually is.”

in conversation

Artist Chris Schanck Wants to Transform Your Living Room Into Something Otherworldly

November 9, 2020

Serpentine chairs, amoeba cabinets, and crystalline night lights: this is the domestic world of Chris Schanck.

fashion

The Saint Laurent Rive Droite Project Brings Together Anthony Vaccarello and Helmut Lang

October 16, 2020

The designer and the artist have created unique sculptures using raw materials.

one woman's trash

Kennedy Yanko’s Sculptures Are a Certain Kind of Woman

October 6, 2020

The artist mines junkyards to make abstract sculptures that pay tribute to the women in her life, from Betty Davis to her Aunt Gussie.

For Artist Tobias Spichtig, Shopping is a Way of Sculpting

November 6, 2019

In perfectly dystopian fashion, the Swiss artist has taken his series of “Gheist” sculptures—ethereally thin, human-like figures that at first glance may appear to be some sort of demented mannequin—to Balenciaga.

Artist Rachel Harrison and Actor Matt Dillon Confront Their Own Worst Critics

October 22, 2019

Ahead of her retrospective at the Whitney, artist Rachel Harrison spoke with actor Matt Dillon about some of the pains and pleasures of making art.

Max Hooper Schneider’s Sculptures May or May Not Include a Dead Mouse

September 9, 2019

In the past, he has exhibited vitrines filled with algae-like lingerie and starfish submerged in murky water.

Doug Aitken’s Mesmeric, Metallic, Hot-Air Balloon Odyssey

July 17, 2019

The airborne sculpture, launched from Martha’s Vineyard by the artist Doug Aiken, will travel across the state of Massachusetts this month.

Sculptor Nancy Grossman Tells Yvonne Rainer About Her 50 Years of Crafting Radical Human Shapes

December 26, 2018

The sculptor sits down with the New York performance artist Yvonne Rainer to discuss her half-century of crafting fantastic human forms.

The Last Interview With Robert Morris

December 1, 2018

Before his death at the age of 87, the artist reflected on a lifetime spent creating works that were minimal, defiant, and expansively silent.

Artist Jesse Darling is looking for redemption by refusing it altogether

October 23, 2018

Their latest exhibition, ‘The Ballad of Saint Jerome,’ opens this month at Tate Britain.