If you are fortunate enough to be anywhere near Leeds, you are lucky! An exhibition of Henry Moore’s notebooks and sketchbooks is opening this week: The Henry Moore Institute and Leeds Arts University are marking 100 years since Yorkshire’s own Henry Moore started studying sculpture, the first step on his journey to becoming a world … Continue reading Henry Moore’s Notebooks and Sketchbooks
Betye Saar is a 93 year old artist I hadn’t heard of until reading about her in the New York Times Fall Preview. She is getting a lot of attention right now, with two major solo exhibitions this fall at MoMA and LACMA. Betye Saar’s sketchbooks play an important role in her work: Everywhere she … Continue reading Betye Saar’s Sketchbooks
…or perhaps this post’s title should be “Sketching Skulpture,” because my inspiration comes from a blog post at Sketchbook Skool. The sketch below by Jonathan Twingley really caught my eye– such a cool mix of color, texture and light and dark shading with fine cross-hatching. It was done on location at MoMA, as part of … Continue reading Sketching Sculpture
This is not exactly a notebook, but it’s quite an extraordinary paper product! The Omoshiro Block is a notepad with laser cut pages. As you tear off each page, an amazingly detailed 3D sculpture is revealed! Mind blowing… Omoshiro Block – a Notepad with detachable pages, which as turns into a miniature work of art: … Continue reading The Omoshiro Block: Notepad or Sculpture?
There is a fantastic exhibition at the Guggenheim right now on Alberto Giacometti. It traces his whole career, leading up to the sculptures of stretched, skinny figures that he is best known for. If you go, don’t miss the room on the top floor where they show a film of him working on a sculpture … Continue reading Giacometti’s Notebooks
I visited the National Gallery in Washington DC not long ago, where there were many interesting things to see, including a room full of Saul Steinberg’s art. I was familiar with some of his work, such as the famous aerial view of the world from New York City that appeared on the cover of the … Continue reading Saul Steinberg’s Wooden Notebooks
A new exhibit just opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, “Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective.” Serra is best known for massive sculptures made of steel, but drawing is still a key part of his work. Some of the works in the exhibit are large drawings on paper or cloth, but the … Continue reading Richard Serra’s Sketchbooks