Gene Koss | 2021 Exhibition Walkthrough
Video walkthrough of Gene Koss’ exhibition at the Arthur Roger Gallery. See the exhibition at http://bit.ly/Koss2021.
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Mardi Gras Indian suit rather than a Confederate Statute
By Ray Funk for Trinidad Guardian In 1911, a statue was put up in New Orleans of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy. A century later, the New Orleans City Council ordered the removal of the statute and it was torn down. Ever since all that remains is a bare platform — until Carnival…
Remembering Lin Emery
by the New Orleans Museum of Art staff NOMA honors the life and achievements of sculptor Lin Emery, one of New Orleans’ most beloved and accomplished artists. Internationally recognized for her lyrical, reflective sculptures, Lin was a vital part of New Orleans’ creative community.Her large-scale sculptures, made of brightly polished steel, use motors and magnets…
Lin Emery, sculptor of movement, nature, dies at 94
A New Orleans-based artist whose delicately balanced moving sculptures can be seen worldwide has died By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press for ABC news NEW ORLEANS — Lin Emery, a New Orleans-based artist whose delicately balanced moving sculptures can be seen worldwide, has died. She was 94. Emery’s hallmark sculptures often used silvery metallic materials to reflect…
Lin Emery, sculptor known for carefully balanced metal pieces that moved with the wind, dead at 94
by John Pope for The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Lin Emery, a sculptor celebrated for massive, carefully balanced metal pieces that take on a graceful dimension when wind makes them move, died Thursday at her New Orleans home. She was 94. Emery, whose gleaming works are on display throughout New Orleans and much…
In Memory of Lin Emery 1926–2021
Lin Emery, a beloved figure in the New Orleans art world, paved the way for countless women to enter the world of sculpture and the arts. She passed away on March 11, 2021, at the age of 94. Lin is survived by her son, Brooks Braselman, and is preceded in death by her husband Shirley…
Sculpting Glass
by ART E-WALK A new show at Arthur Roger Gallery features two sculptors working with glass. Gene Koss and Stephen Paul Day have little else in common with the former related to the glass movement and the latter labeled as a post or metamodernist. However, categorizing their practice limits the impact of their idiosyncratic work revealed in the display of two massive sculptures complemented by a…
Stephen Paul Day | Now She Sings, Now She Sobs, Now She Sings | Exhibition Walkthrough
Mardi Gras Indian suit appears at site of former Jefferson Davis statue in New Orleans
by Doug Maccash for The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate Canal Street commuters’ heads swiveled on Mardi Gras morning at the sight of a magnificent Mardi Gras Indian suit standing on the spot once occupied by a bronze statue dedicated to Jefferson Davis, the leader of the Confederacy. The feathered and beaded suit, which…
FBI seeks leads on art stolen after shipping from Santa Fe
by Dillon Mullan for Santa Fe New Mexican Erin Cone, a Santa Fe artist, received a suspicious message through her website sometime in 2019. “I was lucky enough to find one of your paintings by the name of stasis,” the message read. “It’s truly a wonderful piece but I was told it was a piece…