Written by admin, September 15, 2015
I was commissioned by a long-time supporter to create a special sculpture that he wanted to give to his wife for her milestone birthday. Alleyne Cook has been our gardening mentor for decades and he and his wife, Barbara love my work. Alleyne wished to surprise her with my rendition of the Owl and the […]
Read More »Written by admin, September 2, 2015
I attended the Northwest Stone Sculptors Association’s Oregon symposium which was held at Camp Sisters on Suttle Lake situated on the east side of the Cascade Mountain range. The location was brand new for the Assoc. this year, having had […]
Read More »Written by admin, August 12, 2015
Michael Binkley has sculpted a female nude under a full length veil. Titled “Adrift in Veiled Gesture,” this is another in Binkley’s exploration into marble sculpture that has the illusion of a naked figure covered by thin fabric, like linen.
Carved from bardiglio marble from Carrara, Italy, this four foot tall figurative sculpture is both erotic […]
Read More »Written by admin, August 4, 2015
Michelle and I deaccessioned a marble female nude sculpture in our sculpture garden. I carved the piece, titled “Enya,” in 1988 for the opening of one of my exhibitions. “Enya” is carved from calacatta marble, which is quarried at Carrara, Italy, but she began to deteriorate while outdoors in the sculpture garden and became unsalable. […]
Read More »Written by admin, July 27, 2015
Michelle and I discovered a delightful sculpture exhibition while we were visiting Assisi, Italy this spring. It was in the little church, Santa Maria della Rose, just across the street from […]
Read More »Written by admin, July 9, 2015
I will end my posts on Michelle and my visits to the Venice Biennale 2015 with the exhibit by Spanish artist, Albert Serra’s films, titled “Singularity,” 2015.
This exhibit was in a warehouse on Isola di San Pietro, […]
Read More »Written by admin, July 6, 2015
British artist Sarah Lucas is the sole exhibitor in the Great Britain pavilion in il Giardino at the Venice Biennale 2015. Other than her three small scale balloon-animal cat sculptures, the rest of her work is very sexual in […]
Read More »Written by admin, June 29, 2015
Blue is my favourite colour and today I’ll cover three artworks at the Venice Biennale 2015 that I was drawn to initially because of blue. Above is Turkish artist, Kutlug Ataman’s piece titled “Portrait of Sakip Sabanci”, 2011. […]
Read More »Written by Michael Binkley, June 26, 2015
Red. This is the first impression when I entered the Japan pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2015. The sculpture, “The Key in the Hand”, 2015 is the solo artwork by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota.
Shiota’s sculpture comprises thousands of tiny, rusty antique […]
Read More »Written by Michael Binkley, June 22, 2015
Michelle and I visited the Venice Biennale 2015 on May 26th and 27th. I won’t review all the pieces we saw, but the next few posts will be about ones that I liked most.
Above and below is “Night Blooming […]
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