Searching for solace in the concrete sails of Richard Meier’s Jubilee Church in Rome – a Modernist moment for the Vatican, completed in 2003, a beautiful statement for a parish church in an outer borough (that I tried to hoof it too in June).… Read More
Summer in rural America, a wish-you-were-here postcard framing a county fair. My recent foray reintroduced rollercoasters into my life. And now this, a same-same-but-different scene of gravity (and culture) defiance from France: “Stellar,” a public art piece by Baptiste Debombourg in Nantes. The sculpture, part of… Read More
For the birds… or not. From afar, Czech artist Jakub Geltner’s installations appear to be flocks roosting on rocks. Zoom in and find a commentary on surveillance. The series “Nest” – which includes this recent piece for Sculpture By the Sea in Aarhus, Denmark –… Read More
Weeks away from writing (while traveling in Italy) turned into a month-long lapse that grew into a summer gulf of guilt. No more excuses. Time to get back into the saddle with a fun frolic back in time to a swing set setup by… Read More
A(nother) bend in the road from my recent trip, the route clear but tinged. Turning toward newness (a new home, an urban incubator for creatives like Block Shop), away from what I know. May it lead me back to here, a dusky scene in Cuba.
“Cuba may be the only place in the world where you can be yourself and more than yourself at the same time.” — Pedro Juan Gutiérrez from Dirty Havana Trilogy
Bound for Cuba on a feel-good mission with a feel-good bag. More to come from the Malecón.
Untitled* as Donald Judd intended. Sterry Butcher steered us through in silence as tawny desert and steely sky traded places in their aluminum reflection. Inversion, immersion. Art, time, nature, emotion, experience: all stood at attention amid Untitled. *Last dispatch from Texas.
Returning to the tangled woods of Laguna Gloria where, like Little Red Riding Hood (cue the stranger in a red coat), I came upon this brand-new commission by Seattle-based sculptor John Grade. From afar, a funnel befitting its forest surroundings, enchanting the eye. From within,… Read More
Though I missed his diaphanous rooms, I did see Do Hu Suh’s Net-Work at Laguna Gloria, the Contemporary Austin’s magical sculpture garden. It was a fickle morning with sun and clouds vying for attention (and the outcome of this convertible shell).… Read More
Wear + Here 