
Kader Attia, Oil and Sugar #2 (still), 2007. Single-channel video (color, sound), 4:30 minutes. Gift of James and Audrey Foster. Courtesy the artist, Galerie Nagel Draxler, and Lehmann Maupin. © Kader Attia
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Kader Attia, Oil and Sugar #2 (still), 2007. Single-channel video (color, sound), 4:30 minutes. Gift of James and Audrey Foster. Courtesy the artist, Galerie Nagel Draxler, and Lehmann Maupin. © Kader Attia
Josiah McElheny, Czech Modernism Mirrored and Reflected Infinitely, 2005. Mirrored glass case with hand-blown mirrored glass objects, 18 1/2 x 56 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches (47 x 143.5 x 77.5 cm). Acquired through funds provided by Bridgitt and Bruce Evans, Kimberly and James Pallotta, Beth and Anthony Terrana, and Nancy B. Tieken in honor of Jill Medvedow. © 2016 Josiah McElheny
Tara Donovan, Untitled (Pins), 2003, Size #17 straight pins, 42 x 42 x 42 inches (106.7 x 106.7 x 106.7 cm). Gift of Barbara Lee, The Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women. © 2017 Tara Donovan
Rachel Harrison, Jack Lemmon, 2011. Wood, cement, polystyrene, acrylic, spray paint, mannequin, Dick Cheney mask, sweatshirt, sunglasses, glasses, butterfly net, and plastic lemon, 67 x 90 x 33 inches (170.2 x 228.6 x 83.8 cm). Gift of Barbara Lee, The Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women. Courtesy the Artist and Greene Naftali, New York. Photograph John Berens. © Rachel Harrison
Cornelia Parker, Wedding Ring Drawing (Circumference of a Living Room), 1996. Two 22-carat gold wedding rings drawn into wire, 24 x 24 inches (61 x 61 cm). Gift of Barbara Lee, The Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women. Courtesy Frith Street Gallery, London. © Cornelia Parker
Discover how artists transform commonplace materials into works of art and meaning.
Sculpture today is an expansive medium that includes a range of phenomena, forms, techniques, and materials; the category includes discrete objects, installations, staged video displays, and even performance. This display of collection works brings together pieces by a variety of artists who have used commonplace materials in new ways. Many employ everyday materials such as pins, glass, and wood, transcending their original function to suggest new material associations. Others use found objects and images to investigate socio-political contexts, creating new narratives for those objects.
Yet other artists probe the complex relationship of rendering three-dimensional forms in two-dimensional moving and still image. These thematic threads, among others, reflect the expansive vitality and diversity of object-making today. Included will be works from Mark Bradford, Taylor Davis, Tara Donovan, Kader Attia, Rachel Harrison, Charles LeDray, Roy McMakin, and Josiah McElheny, among others.
Episode No. 37 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Josiah McElheny and A.Bitterman.