Jul 24, 2013
For those who missed it or don’t get the Smithsonian Channel, the documentary that was produced about the Renwick Gallery’s 40 Under 40 exhibition is now available FREE online through iTunes!
This film included a feature filmed in my studio at Hilgartner Natural Stone Company as well as footage taken by videographer Tobin Herringshaw.
Aug 1, 2012
The New York Times
August 1, 2012
By Julie Lasky
In 1972, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum was created as a home for arts, crafts and design. Four decades later, the gallery is celebrating the evolution and happy confusion of those disciplines in a show of the work of 40 artists born in the last 40 years.
Organized by Nicholas Bell, “40 Under 40: Craft Futures” focuses on themes like sustainability, sampling and the spirit-nurturing qualities of handwork.
Objects on display include Sebastian Martorana’s “Impressions” (2008), top left, a marble pillow permanently imprinted with the shape of the artist’s deceased father-in-law’s head, and Christy Oates’s “Crane Chair” (2009), bottom left, a functional seat that folds flat and hangs decoratively on the wall when not in use.
Rather than obsess over labels, the artists’ attitude is “I just do what I do,” Mr. Bell said. “It’s refreshing to see people abandoning language that we’ve been using to express ourselves over the decades.”
The show is on view through Feb. 3; information: (202) 633-7970 or americanart.si.edu/renwick.
Please follow this link to view the article on The New York Times.