A hundred and one million dollars is a lot of money but that’s what hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen paid in 2015 for Alberto Giacometti’s sculpture, The Chariot. Giacometti was a multifaceted artist who achieved his greatest recognition for his freakishly elongated spider-like human figures. A prominent existentialist philosopher explained Giacometti’s figures as depicting […]
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Common Sculpture Tools – Orange Plastic Bowl
Pacific Northwest Sculptors member Andy Kennedy’s thoughts on unique materials and tools in installation art.
The Shapes of Cars at the Portland Art Museum
A review of the 2018 classic car exhibit “The Shape of Speed” through the lens of a sculptor, by Pacific Northwest Sculptors member George Heath.
How to photograph sculpture for the web
An article by Pacific Northwest Sculptors member George Heath on how to photograph sculpture for the web and edit the images.
To Tomorrow and Back – A public art installation in Shanghai
A public art installation in Shanghai I’ve done the trip into tomorrow 4 times now. And by the trip into tomorrow, I mean a flight across the International Date Line to Asia. This trip was for a public art installation – to install a show for artist Jim Campbell from San Francisco. In fact, all […]
Portland Winter Light Festival promotes art in public spaces
George Heath The Portland Winter Light Festival is going as I write this. Last year we chickened out due to rain. This year we did not. The Max line is not far from here and there is a stop right in the center of the activity. The Portland Opera was singing on the Portland Spirit […]
Observations from Art Basel, Miami
Art should be judged subjectively, right? Art means different things to each and every person. Does it speak to me or you? Or does it match my furniture? I have rediscovered, after over a week in Miami for art week, that there is no accounting for taste…even my own. Art in the commercial world, […]
Rick Gregg Steel Sculpture Turns Up At Portland Estate Auction
A Portland woman attending an estate auction came home with much more than she bargained for recently when she bought a small and very distinctive steel sculpture. Past PNWS President Carole Murphy was contacted by the woman who purchased a 12-inch steel sculpture that turned out to be the work of the late PNWS member […]