Art magazine with features and reviews covering contemporary art, particularly sculpture, contemporary sculpture, modern sculpture, installation art, video ...SkiptocontentSearchFeaturesReviewsReviewsBookReviewsProjectsPrintArchiveSubscribeISCMonumentalTrickery:AConversationwithKrzysztofWodiczkoSoftPersuasion:AConversationwithBeiliLiuWithoutDefinitions:AConversationwithJuliaHaft-CandellRestlessandAlive:AConversationwithJenniferTeeTruthoftheReal:AConversationwithAnnaMariaMaiolinoFeatureKensethArmstead’svideos,drawings,andsculpturesdrawuponandre-envisionthelegacyofAfricansandtheirdiasporaintheUnitedStates.Inhisdecade-long“Spook”project,ArmsteadexploredthelifeandlegacyofJamesArmisteadLafayette,adouble-agentspyforGeorgeWashingtonduringtheAmericanRevolution.ReadMoreFeatureCulturalCorridor/UrbanFlowisanine-and-a-half-mile-longpublicartworkonthefirstBusRapidTransitLineinOakland,California.DesignedbyJohannaPoethigandMildredHoward,withPeterRichardsandJoyceHsu,theline’s34stationsarevisuallyconnectedwitha“ribbon”ofwordsandimagesrenderedinlaser-cutaluminumonhandrailpanelsanddecorativewindscreens.ReadMoreReviewNEWYORKGagosianForTheasterGates,thegalleryoperatesnotasaplaceforpleasurableviewingbutasaperformativespaceofsocialpracticefocusedonculturalrecuperationandempowerment.ReadMoreFeatureAformerscenographerwhohelpedtodesignbackdropsforotherpeople’scinemaproductions,ItaliansculptorEdoardoTresoldihassincefoundsuccessbyputtinghisownworkcenterstage.Hislarge-scale,seeminglyfragilesculpturesarepredominantlyconstructedfromwiremesh,amediumthatreinforcestheirephemeral,mirage-likequality.ReadMoreReviewROTTERDAMKunstinstituutMellyKapwaniKiwanga’srecentexhibitionfeaturedthreeinstallationsandahangingclothwork—alladdressingstrategiesofresistance,fromhistoricalslaverytotheAmericancivilrightsera,totoday’santi-racistmovementsanddemonstrations.Botanyplayedanunexpected,andkey,roleinallbutoneofthesenewworks,asKiwangadrewoutthehistoriesofvariousplantssmuggledintoAmericabyenslavedAfricans.ReadMoreFeat