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=== Early works === |
=== Early works === |
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Early in his career De St. Croix was interested in ecology, nature, landscape and perception. In works like ''Excavation (1994) and Bed of Wicker, Bed of Straw, Bed of Clay (1995)'' De St. Croix brought outdoor environments indoors, and initiated his work with sculptural landscape. De St. Croix began to sculpt in miniature after being employed to build scale model theater sets, which brought him to experiment with scale in his own work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag11/dec_11/dec11_features1.shtml|title=December 2011 Sculpture Magazine - Blane De St. Croix|website=www.sculpture.org|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> |
Early in his career De St. Croix was interested in ecology, nature, landscape and perception. In works like ''Excavation (1994) and Bed of Wicker, Bed of Straw, Bed of Clay (1995)'' De St. Croix brought outdoor environments indoors, and initiated his work with sculptural landscape. De St. Croix began to sculpt in miniature after being employed to build scale model theater sets, which brought him to experiment with scale in his own work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag11/dec_11/dec11_features1.shtml|title=December 2011 Sculpture Magazine - Blane De St. Croix|website=www.sculpture.org|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> |
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=== Landscape Section: Border: North/South Korea (2008) === |
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De St. Croix’s depopulated small-scale model of the topography and fence-architecture of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea observes the success of the structure and barrier<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artpulsemagazine.com/where-do-we-migrate-to|title=ARTPULSE MAGAZINE » Reviews » Where Do We Migrate To?|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> while reflecting on the constructed and artificial nature of borders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/where-do-we-migrate-to/|title=Where Do We Migrate To|last=Markus|first=David|date=2012-06-02|website=Art in America|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> |
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=== Mountain Strip (2009) === |
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Rooted in research done in West Virginia where he met the anti-mining environmental activist Larry Gibson,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mutualart.com/Article/A-Show-You-Should-See----1/8DA09EF4E6D56E59|title=A Show You Should See : #1|website=www.mutualart.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> the monumental sculptural installation Mountain Strip, over forty feet long and twenty-two feet high, reconstructed topography of a section of the strip-mined Kayford Mountain Ridge top in West Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackandwhiteprojectspace.org/blanedestcroix|title=Blane de st croix|website=Black & White Project Space|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> |
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=== Broken Landscape II (2010) === |
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De St. Croix’s 80 ft long sculpture Broken Landscape II depicts a section of the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blanedestcroix.com/publications/|title=publications|date=2013-04-09|website=blane de st. croix|language=en|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref> The art critic Jerry Saltz wrote that “Lovingly detailed with hills, rocks, trees, and (of course) fencing, it expresses the desolation, desperation, and absurdity of trying to wall off one country from another. It makes both the sculpture and the policy debates seem that much more diabolical and impossible.” <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.smackmellon.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/DeStCroix-Motta_NYMag_2009.pdf|title=New York Magazine|last=Saltz|first=Jerry|date=April 13, 2009|work=New York Magazine|access-date=Friday, April 26, 2019}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 23:08, 26 April 2019
Blane De St. Croix (born in Boston, MA) is an American artist best known for his monumental sculptures and installations.
His sculpture investigates the human relationship to the contemporary landscape and the ecological and geopolitical conflicts imbedded in that relationship.[1] His practice is founded on extensive field research and investigations that incorporate discourses on art, cultural geography, ecology and the repurposing of the landscape genre, traditionally associated with painting, into sculptural statements.[2]
De St. Croix has been awarded numerous awards and grants including a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters and Sculptors in 2009,[3] a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2010 (G), The Smithsonian Institution Artist Research Fellowship in 2015, a Massachusetts College of Art and Design Alumni Award for Outstanding Creative Accomplishment in 2011,[4] and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation’s Lee Krasner Award, in recognition of a lifetime of artistic achievement, in 2019.[5]
Life and career
De St. Croix earned a BFA in sculpture from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA and an MFA in sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.[6]
De St. Croix has been exhibited both nationally and internationally in solo and group shows at venues including: Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY; Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA; The Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL; The Asia Society, Houston, TX; Värmlands Museum, Karlstad, Sweden; The Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA. Additionally, his work is included in both institutional and private collections in the United States and abroad. His residencies include multiple MacDowell Colony Fellowships, Peterborough, NH; a Yaddo Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY; a Joan Mitchell Center Residency, New Orleans, LA; The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Award Space Program, Brooklyn, NY.
His work has been written about in publications including New York Magazine, The New York Times, Art in America, Sculpture Magazine, Artnet, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, Art Daily, ABC News, New Art Examiner, and The Miami Herald. His work is represented by Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY. [7]
Selected works and projects
Early works
Early in his career De St. Croix was interested in ecology, nature, landscape and perception. In works like Excavation (1994) and Bed of Wicker, Bed of Straw, Bed of Clay (1995) De St. Croix brought outdoor environments indoors, and initiated his work with sculptural landscape. De St. Croix began to sculpt in miniature after being employed to build scale model theater sets, which brought him to experiment with scale in his own work.[8]
Landscape Section: Border: North/South Korea (2008)
De St. Croix’s depopulated small-scale model of the topography and fence-architecture of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea observes the success of the structure and barrier[9] while reflecting on the constructed and artificial nature of borders.[10]
Mountain Strip (2009)
Rooted in research done in West Virginia where he met the anti-mining environmental activist Larry Gibson,[11] the monumental sculptural installation Mountain Strip, over forty feet long and twenty-two feet high, reconstructed topography of a section of the strip-mined Kayford Mountain Ridge top in West Virginia.[12]
Broken Landscape II (2010)
De St. Croix’s 80 ft long sculpture Broken Landscape II depicts a section of the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas.[13] The art critic Jerry Saltz wrote that “Lovingly detailed with hills, rocks, trees, and (of course) fencing, it expresses the desolation, desperation, and absurdity of trying to wall off one country from another. It makes both the sculpture and the policy debates seem that much more diabolical and impossible.” [14]
References
- ^ "Blane De St. Croix - Exhibitions - Fredericks & Freiser". www.fredericksfreisergallery.com. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ "Blane De St. Croix | Dead Ice". Issuu. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ Foundation, Joan Mitchell. "Artist Programs » Artist Grants". joanmitchellfoundation.org. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ "2011 Alumni Award Recipients". www.alumni.massart.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ "Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards More Than $3 Million in Grants". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Blane De St. Croix". Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ "Blane De St. Croix - Artists - Fredericks & Freiser". www.fredericksfreisergallery.com. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ "December 2011 Sculpture Magazine - Blane De St. Croix". www.sculpture.org. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ "ARTPULSE MAGAZINE » Reviews » Where Do We Migrate To?". Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ Markus, David (2012-06-02). "Where Do We Migrate To". Art in America. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ "A Show You Should See : #1". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ "Blane de st croix". Black & White Project Space. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ "publications". blane de st. croix. 2013-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ Saltz, Jerry (April 13, 2009). "New York Magazine" (PDF). New York Magazine. Retrieved Friday, April 26, 2019.
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