Category: Alone

Not Lost, Not Found: Bill Bollinger

| | Art in America, March 2000, Vol. 88, N° 3, pp. 104-117, 143-144 by Wade Saunders — In the late 1960s, sculptor Bill Bollinger showed with—and was…

Making Art, Making Artists

| | Art in America, January 1993, Vol. 81, N° 1, pp. 70-95 by Wade Saunders — In a new variant on the apprenticeship system, many artists now…

Talking Objects: Interviews with Ten Younger Sculptors

 | | Art in America, November 1985, Vol. 73, N° 11 pp. 110–137 by Wade Saunders — Over the last five years, while painting has occupied the art-world…

In Dreams Begin Responsibilities, Bas Jan Ader

| | Art in America, February 2004, Vol. 92, N° 2, pp. 54-65 by Wade Saunders — When Dutch artist Bas Jan Ader was lost at sea in…

Touch and Eye: ‘50s Sculpture

| | Art in America, December 1982, Vol. 70, N° 10, pp. 90–104, 121 by Wade Saunders — Often linked to Abstract Expressionism, the ten sculptors discussed below…

At Critical Mass, Richard Serra

 | | Art in America, October 1986, Vol. 74, N° 10, pp. 152-155 by Wade Saunders — Richard Serra’s recent retrospective, along with two ancillary exhibitions, showed him…

Risk & Balance: Mark di Suvero

| | Art in America, December 1983, Vol. 71, N° 11, pp. 128-135 by Wade Saunders — Sensitive to sculptural as opposed to architectural scale, di Suvero’s best…

Hot Metal

 | | Art in America, June 1980, Vol. 68, n° 6, pp. 86–95 by Wade Saunders — More and more sculptors have turned to casting in metal—particularly in…

Art Inc.: The Whitney’s 1979 Biennial

 | | Art in America, March/April 1979, Vol. 67, n° 8, pp. 96-99 by Wade Saunders — This year’s survey of the current scene, low on risks and…

Liquid Forms

 | | A commissioned catalogue essay for the exhibition “Bronze, Plaster, and Polyester” which was curated by Elsa Weiner Longhauser for the Goldie Paley Gallery at Moore College…

Los Angeles

| | Bomb, Winter 1988, N° XXII by Wade Saunders — The Los Angeles art world is growing and changing more rapidly than at any time in its…

The Far Shore

A catalogue essay for the exhibition “Atlantic Sculpture” held at Art Center College of Design, June 8 through July 11, 1987 by Wade Saunders — In this exhibition…

Anthony Caro at Emmerich

| | Art in America, March/April 1979, Vol. 67, N° 2, pp. 151-152 by Wade Saunders — Caro’s work, which appeared effortless in the ‘60s, has begun to…

Isaac Witkin at Hamilton

| | Art in America, January 1980, Vol. 68, N° 1, p. 111 by Wade Saunders — Since World War II most sculptors have either carved/modeled/cast or welded/constructed…

Ida Applebroog at Ellen Sragow

Art in America, May/June 1979, Vol. 67, N° 3, p. 144 by Wade Saunders — Five years ago Ida Applebroog lived in Southern California and made modular sculptures. …

Maria Nordman on Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles

| | Art in America, December 1979, Vol. 67, N° 3, pp. 119–121 by Wade Saunders — Maria Nordman has worked with natural light installations—generally temporary—for nine years….

Judy Pfaff at Holly Solomon

| | Art in America, November 1980, Vol. 68, N° 10, pp. 135-136 by Wade Saunders — Over the past six years reviewers have labeled Judy Pfaff’s work…

Alain Kirili at Sonnabend

| | Art in America, March 1980, Vol. 68, N° 3, pp. 115–116 by Wade Saunders — Sculptor Alain Kirili has written well on unfashionable art. Contemporary French…

Bruce Robbins at Truman

| | Art in America, September/October 1978, Vol. 66, N° 5, pp. 115-116 by Wade Saunders — Bruce Robbins exhibited painted seesaws this past season. Crowded inside the…

Mel Kendrick at John Weber

| | Art in America, Summer 1983, Vol. 71, N° 6, pp. 155-156 by Wade Saunders — Since 1974, Mel Kendrick’s sculpture has moved from the mentally to…

Timothy Woodman at Robert Freidus

Art in America, May/June 1979, Vol. 67, N° 3, p. 148 by Wade Saunders — Almost everything is right about the painted figurative wall reliefs that Timothy Woodman…

Tom Butter at Grace Borgenicht

| | Art in America, April 1983, Vol. 71, N° 4, p. 177 by Wade Saunders — Modern sculpture is roughly divisible into open, horizontal, linear/ planar constructions…

Willard Boepple at Acquavella
Joel Perlman at Emmerich

| | Art in America, September/October 1978, Vol. 66, N° 5, pp. 123-124 by Wade Saunders — In 1972 Willard Boepple and Joel Perlman were included in “Five…

Michael Todd at the Oakland Museum

| | Art in America, November/December 1978, Vol. 66, N° 6, p. 159 by Wade Saunders — In the ten years he has made sculpture on the West…

Martin Silverman at Hamilton

| | Art in America, March 1982, Vol. 70, N° 3, pp. 144–145 by Wade Saunders — For four years, Martin Silverman has shown figurative sculptures that comment…

Italo Scanga at the Clocktower

| | Art in America, September/October 1978, Vol. 66, N° 5, p. 126 by Wade Saunders — Italo Scanga’s exhibition at the Clocktower spanned work of eight years….

Lyman Kipp at Sculpture Now

| | Art in America, July/August 1978, Vol. 66, N° 4, p. 113 by Wade Saunders — Lyman Kipp avoids welding whenever possible. He bolts his sculptures together….

Guy de Cointet at Robert Freidus Gallery

Unpublished, and not edited; written May 1978 for Arts Magazine by Wade Saunders — Upon receiving my unsolicited texts, Richard Martin, the editor of Arts Magazine, invited me…

Bryan Hunt at Blum/Helman

Unpublished, and not edited; written April/May 1978 for Art News by Wade Saunders — Upon receiving my unsolicited texts, Donald Goddard, the editor of Art News, invited me…

Charles Ginnever at Max Hutchinson Gallery

Unpublished, and not edited; written April/May 1978 for Art News by Wade Saunders — Upon receiving my unsolicited texts, Donald Goddard, the editor of Art News, invited me…

Kim MacConnel at Holly Solomon Gallery

Unpublished, and not edited; written February/March 1978 by Wade Saunders — Kim MacConnel had two kinds of work in his recent exhibition. He showed five constructions made with…

Ed McGowin at Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas

Unpublished, and not edited; written March/April 1978 by Wade Saunders — Ed McGowin is a fabulist. He tells stories, maybe lies. Country Western Narrative is his eighth large-scale…

Barbara Zucker at Robert Miller Gallery

Unpublished, and not edited; written March 1978 by Wade Saunders — “Life party-colour’d, half pleasure, half care.” Matthew Prior Marcel Duchamp said he loved our bridges and our…

Barbara Zucker at Robert Miller Gallery, (short version)

Unpublished, and not edited; written March 1978 by Wade Saunders — Barbara Zucker makes pipes hiss, rattle, and steam visually while she plays with the action of color…

Marilynn Gelfman-Pereira at
O. K. Harris Works of Art

Unpublished, and not edited; written March/April 1978 by Wade Saunders — Marilynn Gelfman-Pereira’s sculptures are shown in individual Plexiglas boxes. They are thus marked as fragile, having to…

Marilynn Gelfman-Pereira at
O. K. Harris Works of Art,
(short version)

Unpublished, and not edited; written March/April 1978 by Wade Saunders — Marilynn Gelfman-Pereira’s sculptures derive from the binary oppositions inhering in the relation between metal and wood: chemically…