Ron Issacs

I found this artist in an ad in Art in America October 2008. His show Trompe L'Oeil Painted Constructions is on display at the Robert Kidd Gallery. According to thier website these are acrylic paint on birch wood constructions.

http://robertkiddgallery.com

Ursula von Rydingsvard

Von Rydingsvard�s massive sculptures reveal the trace of the human hand and resemble wooden bowls, tools, and walls that seem to echo the artist's family heritage in pre-industrial Poland before World War II. Having spent her childhood in Nazi slave labor and post-war refugee camps, the artist�s earliest recollections of displacement and subsistence through humble means infuses her work with emotional potency. Von Rydingsvard builds towering cedar structures, creating an intricate network of individual beams, shaped by sharp and lyrical cuts and glued together to form sensuous, puzzle-like surfaces. While abstract at its core, Von Rydingsvard's work takes visual cues from the landscape, the human body, and utilitarian objects—such as the artist�s collection of household vessels—and demonstrates an interest in the point where the man-made meets nature.[my emphasis] - http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/vonrydingsvard/index.html]

http://www.barbarakrakowgallery.com/exhibition/exhibition_details.php/id/1009 ArtNews January 2007

Susan Robb

Warmth, Giant Black Toobs

This sculpture was installed today. I unfortunately got the email regarding its display too late. None the less, and excellent video. Simple materials, but an power and evocative message.

Lynda Benglis

http://www.artnet.com/awc/lynda-benglis.html