Two new monumental sculptures are being installed in the Memorial Art Gallery’s Centennial Sculpture Park.
Sculpture
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Two new sculptures coming to Memorial Art Gallery’s lawn
Plans are in the works for a “Lover’s Rainbow” and another unnamed work to be installed by next fall.
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Annalisa Barron mines Rochester’s photo history for ‘Place Projectors’
Painter, sculptor, and filmmaker Annalisa Barron has lived in Rochester for barely a year, but she’s already a force on the art scene.
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The late Robert Marx, and the faces in the mirror
The late Rochester artist Robert Ernst Marx was quiet and enigmatic, but he leaves behind a body of work that speaks volumes about humanity.
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Monster movie team taps Rochester sculptor
A live-action short film, “The Molok,” is being planned by filmmakers and artists in New York City and Rochester, and is scheduled to be completed in early 2019. Right now, the creators are making a monster.
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People remember Wendell Castle, beloved sculptor who elevated furniture to fine art
Beloved sculptor, mentor, and friend Wendell Castle died on Saturday, January 20, at his Scottsville home after a battle with leukemia. He was 85 years old. Through his more than 50-year career Castle elevated furniture to a fine art, and while his innovative sculptures earned him international renown, he remained dedicated to Rochester and supportive […]
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Third Flower City Pottery Invitational shows 21 regional, national artists
A chunk of the joy to collecting art is getting to know the artist behind the object, whenever possible. This extends beyond picking a painter’s brain for insight into their work; the very vessels you serve food from can be part of your collection. Handmade bowls and mugs have stories, and are as much a […]
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Sarah Gilbert’s engraved glass wonders
Sarah Gilbert’s solo show at More Fire Glass Studio is a homecoming of sorts. Now based in Tacoma, Washington, she’s originally from Rochester, and took her first glass class in 2000 at More Fire Glass Studio. Owner Elizabeth Lyons got her into glass blowing, Gilbert says. “I worked with her for a long time at […]
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Elder artists present fresh work at Main Street Arts
Main Street Arts’ latest exhibit, “Re-emerging Artists,” showcases the work of Robert Marx and John Greene, two late-career artists whose art continues to evolve and gain new audiences. Nearly 70 drawings, paintings, and sculptures fill both rooms of the gallery’s first floor, as well as an additional space upstairs. The majority of the work is […]
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Gibson + Recoder revive film as object at MAG
The MAG’s Media Arts Watch continues with an installation by collaborative artists Gibson +
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Wendell Castle stays hands-on
While Wendell Castle has incorporated modern technology into making his sculptural furniture, the storied artist still starts with pencil and paper Of all of the studio’s tools, analog or digital, the pencil is still Wendell Castle’s favorite. To him, drawing is discernment. His love for the tactile nature of making marks is palpable; his description […]
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Plaseebo plays with the macabre
Bob Conge has been collecting vintage toys for 50 years. They fill the barn attached to his 1840’s farm house on a Wayland, New York, property that also includes a cemetery and a collection of 1950’s and 60’s robots. And he says he’s got a certain fondness for ghosts. All of these aesthetics inform the […]
