Julie Spiedel's bronze and stone sculptures loom large over their human viewers, their tall stature reflecting her love of ancient monuments and totems, their heavy mass often pierced and punctured by defiant holes, their geometric sections, sliced coils, facets and hard edges softened by texture and exquisite patination. With influences as varied as the megaliths of the British Isles and the totemic Native American art of her home and birthplace, the Pacific Northwest, Spiedel's work builds on organic forms, reinterpreting them with a clear, contemporary vision. Her sculptures are a tribute to the power of ancient monuments and their power to link the world of the senses to the world of the spirits. Julie Spiedel was born in Seattle in 1941 and raised in the Pacific Northwest and Europe. She works from her studio on one of the original strawberry farms on Vashon Island, Washington.

Julie Speidel

Arts & Photography

Brown, Elizabeth A.

Henry, Clare

History & Criticism

Speidel Studio Llc.

The Henry Art Gallery at the U. of Washington sponsors Short Stories exhibitions, each of which selects from the magnificent depths of the Monsen Collection to present photos illuminating a theme. Produced to commemorate the Gallery's 75th anniversary and also to accompany several such 2001-2002 exhibitions, this book tells four stories: Presence and Loss Views of New York; Worn Social Roles Revealed; Imaging the Orient; and The Photographic Impulse (this is by far the biggest of the exhibitions). The photographs speak eloquently alone, but their incredible variety of expression is heightened by thoughtful juxtaposition. This slim volume is oversize (12x12

Short Stories on Photography: The Joseph and Elaine Monsen Collection at the Henry Art Gallery

Henry Art Gallery

Photography & Video

Wow: The Work of the Work

Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle

Kiki Smith: Sojourn in Santa Barbara

Smith, Kiki

Individual Artists

Univ of California Santa

Lari Pittman: Drawings

Rickels, Laurence A.

University of California, Santa Barbara University Art Museum

UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center

Univeristy of California Santa Barbara

Published in conjunction with a 2000 exhibition originating at the University Art Museum, U. of California-Santa Barbara. Lundgren (1857- 1932), Santa Barbara's most distinguished early 20th-century artist, is best known for images of the desert in which his remarkable use of color convey a particular glow characteristic of western light and landscape. His life and working methods are discussed in two essays, followed by 31 color plates, a catalog of the exhibition, and a chronology. Distributed by the U. of Washington Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Afterglow in the Desert: The Art of Fernand Lungren

Dini, Jane

Constantin Brancusi, the great twentieth-century sculptor, was also a talented and experimental photographer. Some of his remarkable photographs are shown here: self-portraits and studio shots that provide glimpses into a rare and specialized world; images of his own sculpture that present his art as he wanted the world to see it.

Brancusi: Photographs

Assouline Publishing

This book surveys a generous selection by Kiki Smith of her never-before-seen photographs along with previously published photos selected by the author. Part survey, part artist's book, this long-awaited look at the full range of Kiki Smith s photography allows that body of work to be recognized as an essential part of her working process and of the acclaimed body of work that includes her sculpture, installations, drawings, prints, and books. Over the three decades of her career, Smith has experimented with photography as a working tool, a means of personal expression, and simply as a medium in which she can explore space, composition, color, and texture. I don t think my work is particularly about art, Smith has said. It's really about me, being here in this life, in this skin. I'm cannibalizing my own experience, my surroundings. Smith's selection of unseen photos for this book parallels the four concerns discussed in Elizabeth Brown s essay studio process, reflecting and constructing identity, making stories, and recording her own artworks and allows us to intimately share her unique vision.

Kiki Smith: Photographs

Prestel

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