Undivided Attention – New work in welded steel and paint by Joan Waters, ©2011
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to chat with Joan Waters about her exhibit, “Undivided Attention: New Work in Welded Steel and Paint”, at the Chandler Center for the Arts. We spoke about being an artist and the people who played a role in her career. Here is a portion of what we talked about.
Philadelphia Museum of Art highlights the work of this writer and sculptor. “Bringing together more than forty works from the United States and Europe, this exhibition examines Barbara Chase-Riboud’s artistic career, focusing primarily on her important Malcolm X sculptures. Five works from that series—among them the Museum’s Malcolm X #3 of 1969—and five closely related sculptures are included. A group of drawings from the late 1960s and early 1970s made during the development of the Malcolm X series and roughly twenty of the artist’s Monument Drawings from 1996–97 are also on view. “
Barbara Chase-Riboud: The Malcolm X Steles
Philadelphia Museum of Art Until January 20, 2014
Image: “Malcolm X #3”, 1969 Barbara Chase-Riboud (Polished bronze, rayon, and cotton, 9 feet 10 inches × 3 feet 11 1/4 inches × 9 7/8 inches)
FYI – per WikiPedia: “A stele, also stela, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected for funerals or commemorative purposes, most usually decorated with the names and titles of the deceased or living — inscribed, carved in relief (bas-relief, sunken-relief, high-relief, and so forth), or painted onto the slab. It can also be used as a territorial marker to delineate land ownership.”
New and recent sculptures and paintings, handmade tile tables, unique gifts and functional items, refreshments. Free and open to the public. Great gifts for Valentine’s day
2141 E. Cedar St. #1, Tempe, AZ 85281
2 Cats, ©Joan Waters 2012
See preview and interview with Joan
The Embrace by Patricia Piccinini
I am fascinated by artist who image the “real”. The creations Patricia Piccinini have given reason to question what we look like and why we interpret intelligent life to look like us. Every time I see “The Embrace” I a startled a little as I am awakened to a possibility that I don’t think of or more accurately a possibility that I avoid thinking of. It is this type of imagination that I want to show up in my work one day.
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The Seattle Art Museum showcases American artist Alexander Calder, 1898 – 1976. 
“Alexander Calder: A Balancing Act”, includes over 40 pieces from the 1920s to 1970s. “From miniature maquettes, works on paper and jewelry to monumental sculptures and one of the artist’s largest mobiles” attests to the “development and amazing creativity of the American master sculptor, with particular depth in his most celebrated period, the late 1940s”.
“Alexander Calder: A Balancing Act” – until April 11, 2010
SAM * Seattle Art Museum
1300 First Avenue, Seattle, WA
(Image: “Polychrome Dots and Brass on Red”, 1964)
“Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius”
“This first exhibition to showcase Leonardo’s interest in and influence on sculpture will include works from his teachers and students, in addition to numerous sketches and studies for his own sculptural work.”
Over 20 sketches and studies, some seen in the U.S. for the first time, are part of the presentation that may give some insight on how Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, planned and executed his magnificent statues.
Leonardo da Vinci through February 21, 2010
High Museum of Art * Atlanta
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA