Leading Contemporary Artists Donate Work to Raise Funds for the Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation Sep 8, 2008
Artists who will be donating their work include Vito Acconci, Rita Ackermann, John Alexander, Anthony Aziz & Sammy Cucher, John Baeder, Jennifer Bain, Sarah Baley, Michael Behle, Carlos Betancourt, Cecilia Biagini, Beth Block, Ilya Bolotowsky, Andrea Bonfils, Leslie Bostrom, Olaf Breuning, Romero Britto, Lawrie Brown, Ron Burkhardt, Dale Chihuly, Ron Church, Kris Cox, Ann Craven, Kasseem Dean, Jeff DeGolier, Coco Dolle, Michele Oka Doner, Diana Dopson, Peter Drake, Connie Fox, Peter Fox, JJ... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Aventura Mall Unveils Four New Works by World-Renowned Contemporary Artists in Its Turnberry for the Arts Collection Apr 12, 2008
Currently on view at the mall are site-specific installations by Jorge Pardo and Lawrence Weiner, sculptures by Julian Opie and Tom Otterness, and a childrens playground by Miami artists, Friends With You. Works by Jim Dine, Daniel Arsham and other notable artists will be installed throughout the mall during the remainder of 2008. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Foundry gets to work on 'Playground' Jun 5, 2007
New York-based sculptor Tom Otterness has chosen a Tempe foundry to cast his most recent bronze: an elaborate play area with a swing set. Arizona Bronze Fine Arts Atelier was selected to cast The Playground, a 16,000-pound, 30-foot-long, 30-foot-wide, 22-foot-high sculpture that Otterness describes as a "decorative, but meant to be played on" work of art. (AZCentral -- Business)
Admiring art while waiting for the next train Jan 25, 2007
Among the works to be seen in New York City's subways and rail lines are the bronze figures of Tom Otterness's "Life Underground." (Tyler Hicks for The New York Times ) ... So did his co-conspirators overhead and underfoot, like the alligator emerging from a manhole to drag a victim into the sewer, another one of the dozens of delightful bronze figures by Tom Otterness in an ensemble called "Life Underground.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Modern art in park challenges Dec 27, 2006
On the other hand, Tom Otterness' sardonic "Tree of Knowledge" would never be found growing in a theme park. A bronze tree stump is inhabited by comic animals: A blindfolded bird holds a tilting scale of justice, and a possum reads his book upside down. (Orlando Sentinel)
Miami Basel: An art Costco for billionaires Dec 10, 2006
MIAMI BEACH: It is challenging trying to get a rise out of a crowd so aesthetically jaded that its idea of a shocking performance is an artist arranging to have himself shot (Chris Burden) or else shooting a dog (Tom Otterness), crawling into a cage with live wolves (Joseph Beuys) or building a realistic sculpture of a man having carnal relations with a barnyard animal (Paul McCarthy. . (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Behind the scenes with Open House New York Oct 6, 2006
Tom Otterness Studio Recognizable to many New Yorkers as the sculptor behind those fusty little men at the 8th Avenue subway station, Otterness is one of the country's most popular and prolific public artists. He opens his studio for a talk about his work and the process of making bronzes. (Newsday -- New York City)
Millipede may join WSU art Comment Apr 21, 2006
Courtesy illustration by Tom Otterness Studio A computer-generated image shows Tom Otterness' bronze millipede on the WSU campus ... The university has commissioned internationally known sculptor Tom Otterness, a former Wichitan, to create the work to be installed in 2008 ... "Tom Otterness is such an important figure, nationally and internationally, he should be represented in our outdoor sculpture collection," said David Butler, director of the Ulrich Museum. (Kansas.com, KS -- Entertainment)
From the Art of New York Jan 11, 2006
Other artists include, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Yoko Ono, Tom Otterness and Danny Simmons. "The paining that I painted is a spell to revitalize New Orleans, since New Orleans is home to mysticism and voodoo in the United States," says Simmons. (NY1-Politics)
"From The Art Of New York" Fundraiser To Benefit Katrina Victims Jan 7, 2006
Exhibiting artists include Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Yoko Ono, LeRoy Neiman, Peter Max, Tom Otterness, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Gehry, Danny Simmons, Kiki Smith, James Rosenquist, Stuart Davis, Gregory Amenoff, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Duston Spear, Mimi Gross, Marisol, Zigi Ben-Haim, De La Vega, and special honoree Kendall Shaw, plus others. In conjunction with the exhibit, a Mardi Gras gala and art auction will take place the night of Tuesday, February 28, with auction items to include a... (NY1 News)
