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arts Art Everywhere Does your love for great art know no bounds? Take it outside. By K at h l e e n h ac K e t t the elegant Kissing Birds by menashe kadishman is a symbol of peace in the Gerisch sculpture park in Germany. t’s hard to pinpoint how it starts,” says jason middlebrook of the desire to collect outdoor sculpture. the hudson, new york-based mixed-media artist, who specializes in sitespecific pieces, recently returned from santa Fe, new mexico, where his clients invited him to walk their land to gain inspiration for a piece. though middlebrook’s southwest patrons have been collecting sculpture for years, they had to begin somewhere. “in my experience, a first-time collector of sculpture is ready to take the leap when putting art on walls doesn’t accommodate their current collecting interests. there’s that, or the simple lack of interior space.“ it’s an impulse that drove artists like robert smithson, joseph Beuys, isamu noguchi and james turrell to start the earthworks, or land art, movement in the 1960s, eschewing museums and galleries as the center of commercial art and turning to the land. smithson’s iconic Spiral Jetty is built from rock, earth and algae:1,500 feet unfurling into the Great salt lake like a slowly opening fiddlehead fern. I Eyes First studying public sculpture such as smithson’s is a good first step in determining what pieces might make you tick. according to sara Friedlander, vice president and specialist in post-war and contemporary art at christie’s, the same rules that apply to buying any art apply to sculpture. “Buy with your eyes first and your ears second,“ she advises. Friedlander suggests visiting galleries to engage with artists and their dealers directly and to scour auction catalogs to explore the secondary market. she recommends checking out museums as well as public and private collections. “seeing both actual artworks and images in books and catalogs is the best way to figure out what you would love to live with,” says Friedlander. Both Friedlander and middlebrook count the minneapolis sculpture Garden at the walker art center as an excellent place to educate oneself on the power of plein-air sculpture. one of the only american institutions with a deep commitment to outdoor sculpture, J WM MAGAZINE 50 j w m a r r i o t t. c o m Courtesy of GerisCh stiftunG sCulpture park http://www.JWMARRIOTT.COM

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JWM - Volume 3, Issue 1

JWM - Volume 3, Issue 1
Table of Contents
Contributors
JW Experts
Editor's Letter
Distinctive Products, People, Ideas & Style
A Quiet Place
Our Clutter, Ourselves
A Taste of Heaven
Art Everywhere
The Portal
Player's Paradise
Melting Pot
Take Me to the River
Breaking the Rules
JW Experience
My Passion

JWM - Volume 3, Issue 1