Artists + Work

Big Bambú

2010

Doug + Mike Starn

bamboo poles and nylon cord

rooftop installation at

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York City

Artists + Work

Over the River

Christo (and Jeanne-Claude)

Project for Arkansas River,

State of Colorado (August 2014)

Chief Engineer and Director

of Construction: Vince Davenport

Project Director: Jonita Davenport

 

Artists + Work

 

then...

Maze

1972

Alice Aycock

wood

32’ diameter x 6’ high

Gibney Farm near
New Kingston, Pennsylvania

and now...

Twist of Fate

2011

Alice Aycock

aluminum

90" x 106" x 22"

Artists + Work

Perimeters / Pavilions / Decoys

1977-1978 

Mary Miss

three tower-like structures,

two semi-circular mounds,

and an underground courtyard

with inaccessible spaces

Four acre installation

Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts

Roslyn, New York

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Big, with rift

2009

Steven Siegel

6'11" x 31'9" x 10'5"

Paper and flora

deCordova Sculpture Park

Newspaper Courtesy of the

Worcester Telegram and Gazette

Senior Curator Nick Capasso

discusses Big, with rift

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Installation X-10 
2010
Bob Verschueren
Agricultural trailer and branches


Installation at Arpia's brick factory

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Big Twist

1978

Bryan Hunt

bronze

137.5 x 24 x 24 in.

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Stone Field Sculpture
1977
Carl Andre
36 rocks


Hands Off Artwork: Leave Stone Field Alone
Hartford Currant Article: June 26, 2011

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untilted (cubicle), 2005
Jacob Galle

single channel video

6 min 22 sec

link to video

P.V. Trees by Joanne Holtje

Joanne Holtje

P.V. Trees

Winter 2011

Project Statement

This piece was the second part of a project I did for the Contemporary Sculpture

Class at the Worcester Art Museum this winter.  The assignment was to take an

eight foot-long 2x4 and transform it.

First, I crudely carved the lumber with a small axe until it resembled a spindly tree,

and then cast a concrete base as a stand.  Next, I knew I wanted to use the chips

that splintered off of the 2x4’s to make another sort of “tree.”  I finally settled on water

(ice) as the medium in which to cast the wood bits.

I filled two eight foot lengths of PCV pipe with the wood chips and water and let them

freeze in the cold February temperatures we have here in Massachusetts.  Hot water

was used to release the “trees” from their molds and they were stood up in the deep snow.

I have photographed them daily as they melted and crumbled, got snowed on and melted

some more. As of April 01, 2011, I am still documenting the wood chips.  It is my intention

to make some sort of a piece with the best of the resulting photographs.

To see more of Joanne Holtje's work visit Room E Studio.

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Views Through a Sand Dune, 1972

Nancy Holt

Narragansett Beach

Holt is most widely known for her large-scale environmental works,

Sun Tunnels and Dark Star Park.  She was born in Worcester, grew

up in New Jersey, and was married to Robert Smithson.

(This is the video project from 1974 with Richard Serra, Boomerang,

mentioned during the deCordova trip April 2.)

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Revival Field, 1990-present

Mel Chin

various locations

Chin says the aesthetic of "Revival Field," the name for the field trials project, "relates to my interest in alchemy and my understanding of transformative processes and the mutable nature of materials. The contaminated soil is transformed back into rich earth, capable of sustaining a diverse ecosystem."

Conceptually this work is envisioned as a sculpture involving the reduction process, a traditional method when carving wood or stone.

(Source: http://www.satorimedia.com/fmraWeb/chin.htm)

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