Sculpture
A Marian Ruth Agree sculpture comes to live with us. The subject is dark and the piece, powerful.
Marian Ruth Agree was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1922. The daughter of William and Dora Bailies and wife of Philip …
Oh, you nasty man… in-the-moon!
And, yes the old boy has an articulated tongue (and eye). It’s sort of funny in a lascivious way—and yet, …
Sculpture is best understood by looking, considering, and by exploring it—with your hands
With a height of just under two-feet, our newest bronze is a diminutive piece for us. Its mid-century modern form is …
MOMA has Giacometti’s L’homme au doigt in its collection. So does the Tate. You could too.
UPDATE, 6/9/15: According to the New York Times, 2015’s buyer of Pointing Man—and Chariot in 2014—was hedge fund manager, Steven A. …
Art that creates powerful reactions is the best art of all
From NPR: Statue Of A Homeless Jesus Startles A Wealthy Community This is a great read and is accompanied by …
Dude, the Lost Wireman
Throughout the 1960s, Dude’s alarm clock rang at 4:00 a.m.—Saturdays, Sundays, holidays included. An hour or so later he was …
What do this sculpture and Woody Woodpecker have in common?
Their creators were brothers Michael (1908–1988) and Walter Lantz (1899–1994). The National Sculpture Society awards the Walter and Michael Lantz Prize each …
Demme won, Material Culture won, we won
I wrote a short while back about Material Culture’s weekend of auctions dedicated solely to the superb, self-taught art collection of …
We have two new boys in residence
And we are loving all 310-pounds of them. Haru Onoda (Japanese b. 1929) Aikido Bronze sculpture on anodized black steel …