Erich Ginder makes functional sculpture of objects from nature. This coat rack is a cast resin tree with a Saarinen inspired base– perfect for the Crunchy Modernist. Another one of his pieces, Ghost, is an all white coat rack of reindeer horns.
The new book, Masters of Deception, features the work of several illusionists, including the sculptor Shigeo Fukuda. Fukuda's mastery is in creating physical forms that take on a second identity when the viewing angle changes or a light is introduced. In the Lunch with a Helmet On (above), the shadow of a motorcycle is built entirely out of welded forks, knives and spoons. Movies of …
Stephen Hendee makes sculpture and installations from polypropylene, glue, black tape, fluorescent lights and colored gels. His environments are like otherworldly landscapes conjured up during a science fiction character’s REM sleep. Crazy as that may sound, they are simultaneously serene. Get a copy of Ascension , the catalog of Stephen’s 40 foot tall sculpture that viewers have walked in, up and through– emerging totally in …
