Artist Steven Siegel and his Woodson Art Museum sculpture, May 2011 |
For those who had an opportunity to observe the construction of Steven’s sculpture, I hope you also had a chance to view the exhibition of photographs of his earlier site-specific work in the Museum’s Visitor Services gallery.
In a few weeks, this photographic exhibition will be replaced with artwork by our next artist-in-residence, blacksmith Dan Nauman of Bighorn Forge.
Since many won’t catch even a glimpse of the photographs, I’m sharing examples of Steven’s previous outdoor work here so blog followers will better understand how the artist arrived at his design for the Woodson Art Museum sculpture.
From among Siegel’s earlier work, I was especially drawn to the sculpture Like a hive, like an egg? that he made of newspaper and wood on the southern slope of the Armentera mountain in Italy in 2002 for Arte Sella, a biennial outdoor sculpture exhibition. I was intrigued by the sculpture’s appearance and how it seemed to defy gravity as it “stood” amongst the trees on this mountain side.
Like a hive, like an egg?, 2002, Arte Sella, wood and paper |
Oak, 2004, Gong-Ju, Korea, paper |
Like a rock, from a tree?, 2008, Gong-ju, Korea, paper |
Big, with rift, 2009, DeCordova Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts, paper |
Detail of Big, with rift 2009 |
Steve is now back in his studio in New York and I’m awaiting the title for his sculpture – he wanted time to reflect on his experience here and mull over possibilities. As soon as the Woodson sculpture is titled, we’ll post the news to Facebook and update this blog.
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