Sculpture Colorée

Highlights include ellsworth kelly s painted aluminum green blue 1968 anthony caro s yellow painted steel sculpture midday 1960 and on view at moma for the first time three 2006 polyester sculptures by franz west maya s dream lotus and untitled orange.

Sculpture colorée. Weather and surrounding influences will in time have their effect on the color of many materials. On view at the met breuer from march 21 through july 22 2018 the exhibition will explore expanded narratives of sculpture through works in which artists have sought to replicate the literal living presence of the human body. This summer s installation in the abby aldrich rockefeller sculpture garden celebrates the bold use of color in modern and contemporary sculpture. Priscilla falcón coordinator of chicana o latinx studies at the university of northern colorado who knew the los seis de boulder students said the sculpture s historical significance is that it pays homage to the united mexican american students umas who struggled to move away from marginalized spaces by embracing a commitment to educational empowerment community organizing and a call to action by challenging institutional racism both on and off the cu campus.

The sculpture also drew ridicule on social media with some commenters comparing the life sized likeness of the canonized pope toting a rock to a cartoon figure. Beginning june 30 simone leigh will offer a new bronze sculpture titled sentinel iv in an edition of 25 for 25 000 each to raise funds for color of change a nonprofit with which she has. Seven hundred years of sculptural practice from 14th century europe to the global present will be examined anew in the groundbreaking exhibition like life. Watch a video preview of the exhibition like life.

The museum said the installation was kalin s response to la nona ora italian artist maurizio cattelan s sculpture that showed the pope as feeble old man pinned to the. Every sculpture has color even if it does not.