New Currier Museum of Art Opens Apr 11, 2008
From a long-hidden collection of art glass paperweights to Origins, a newly-commissioned steel structural sculpture by Mark di Suvero, Manchester, New Hampshire s Currier Museum of Art shows off its treasures in 33,000 square feet of new exhibit space. Many of the works now shown have emerged from hiding for the first time since the museum acquired them. (Suite101.com)
Anxious to show off the goods Mar 23, 2008
From here one admires the outdoor courtyard and "Origins," a towering red-and-black steel sculpture by Mark di Suvero that was installed in the fall. The large glass doors open into the visitors' reception area and a glass-walled gift shop. (Boston Globe)
Review: Louise Nevelson's found at the de Young Nov 8, 2007
Yet references to Nevelson's art have dwindled in critical conversation since her death, so it is good to find, in the catalog, interviews with Mark di Suvero, Ursula von Rydingsvard and Chakaia Booker, sculptors of successively younger generations who have felt in some way the force of Nevelson's personality or example. The moonlight-like illumination of the opening passages of the show, shining on works painted black, has just the effect of quieting analysis and opening the mind to metaphoric... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Enormous steel sculpture lifted 12 stories Oct 30, 2007
He taught himself through trial and error, and by studying artists he admired - notably renowned sculptors Mark di Suvero and Richard Serra. "I just always liked the feeling of cutting steel," he said, rubbing his callused, gray-hued palms together. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
* Iraq War inspires surge of protest art Sep 13, 2007
The Peace Tower, by Mark di Suvero and Rirkrit Tiravanija, on display at the Whitney Biennial in New York in February, 2006 ... Last year one of the centerpieces of the Whitney Museum of American Arts Biennial in New York was a recreation of Mark di Suvero's 1966 Peace Tower - a commentary on the Vietnam war - which invited a new generation of artists to contribute panels. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
What's glowing in the Golden State Jul 8, 2007
Represented are Robert Adams, Saul Baizerman, Alexander Calder, Mark di Suvero, Dame Elisabeth Frink, and Alberto Giacometti. The artworks are in the Fran and Ray Stark Sculpture Garden and the Fran and Ray Stark Sculpture Terrace. (Boston Globe)
Seattle Art Museum grabs a lot more room -- with a view May 10, 2007
Certain works here -- the Serra, with its reference to waves and freighter hulls, a fallen star of an Alexander Calder, a Mark di Suvero that wind can send into a slow twist -- benefit immensely by overlooking Elliott Bay and shipping traffic. But other pieces suffer from poor siting. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Not for sale,' a New York show for artists' personal favorites Feb 13, 2007
The biggest piece in the show is a Mark di Suvero sculpture from 1978, called "She," that is 55 feet, or nearly 17 meters, tall and weighs 14 tons. 1. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
