1. A day-long "Artist's Spotlight" at the resplendent art park Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey, featuring demonstrations of Isaac Witkin's innovative and ground breaking casting techniques. During this event, Rats Restaurant and Cafe will be serving desserts in the shape of the park's centerpiece, Witkin's stone sculpture "Garden State", a work commissioned by philanthropist J. Seward Johnson, the park's founder. (At 55-75 tons, it is the largest tribute ever created to the State of New Jersey);
2. A Symposium and ribbon cutting to inaugurate the Isaac Witkin Sculpture Park at Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J., featuring a presentation by art critic Karen Wilkin, along with a film Isaac Witkin: In His Own Words, and a specially commissioned dance performance;
3. A group show at the NewArtCentre in England entitled The New Generation Revisited, featuring iconic works by Witkin along with the other sculptors and painters who shook up the art world in the 1960's. This exhibition opens on May 10-- which happens to be Isaac's birthday.
4. Relocation of three major steel sculptures at the Storm King Art Center together for the first time.
You are welcome to attend all of these events-- virtually or in person!
With warm wishes,
Nadine Witkin
Estate of Isaac Witkin
The Artists' Spotlight: Isaac Witkin
Grounds for Sculpture
Hamilton, New Jersey
The Artists' Spotlight
March 29, 2008
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Isaac Witkin Symposium
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
Inauguration of the Isaac Witkin Sculpure Park
April 21, 2008
Presentation: Karen Wilkin, Art Critic, Historian and Author of the monograph ISAAC WITKIN
Nadine Witkin, Introduction to Film:
Isaac Witkin: In His Own Words
Kim Vaccaro, Head of Dance Department: Introduction to Dance Performance
Also on View: First-Ever Preview of the Uncast Model of "Isaac Witkin", a sculptural portrait by
Gyuri Hollosy, known best for his public commissions of historical and/or heroic figures:
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The New Generation Revisited
Isaac Witkin's "Volution",
Winner: First Prize
IV Paris Biennale, 1965
NewArtCentre
Roche Court
Salisbury, England
May 10-September 7, 2008
This summer exhibition, consisting of sculpture from the 1960's and 70's, will be a tribute to Bryan Robertson, who was perhaps the most inspirational and far-sighted curator of his day. He was described by Studio International as "the greatest director the Tate Gallery never had." His show, The New Generation, was responsible for introducing a group of sculptors who broke new ground exploiting revolutionary technologies and innovative acrylic paints to explore the relationship between color and form. This exhibition will be an opportunity to introduce one of the most important movements of British sculpture to a new audience, and also those who remember their work to revisit it. In addition to iconic works by Isaac Witkin, it features ones by David Annesley, Michael Bolus, Phillip King, Tim Scott, William Tucker as well as work by Jules Olitski, Antony Donaldson and Francis Morland.
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Isaac Witkin at Storm King
Isaac Witkin's Kumo
......From the Spring 2008 Newsletter of the Storm King Art Center, Mountainville,
New York, Volume 18, Number 1
Three works by Isaac Witkin are now together in one location for the first time. Birth of Aphrodite (1977-8), Kumo (1971) and Shogun (1968) were produced within a ten-year period. These three unpainted steel sculptures are grouped in a small clearing along the North Trail.
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Isaac Witkin Recent Sculpture Installations (2007-8)
1. Mitchell Memorial Cancer Center, Owensboro, Kentucky
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2. Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport International Arrivals, and the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas Tx.
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3. University of Pennsylvania, Van Pelt Library
4. Art/Omi International, Ghent, New York
5. Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, N.J.
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