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Interior Space and Exterior Surface: Anish Kapoor at Sakip Sabanci

By: tinaboesch April 6, 2016January 28, 2017

artAnish Kapoor, art, sculpture, spiritual health, theology4 Comments

Sculpture, I thought, is the opposite of void. Sculpture, I thought, projects itself into space. Sculpture, I thought, is presence. That’s what I thought, at least, until I met Anish Kapoor’s voids. I expected to see sculpture at the Kapoor show at Sakip Sabanci Muzesi in Istanbul, and I wasn’t disappointed. Kapoor has garnered international…

Emotional Women: Grief Contained and Grief Exposed at Santa Maria della Vita

By: tinaboesch March 26, 2016March 12, 2019

art, faith, travelart, Good Friday, grief, holy week, Jesus, Mary, Mary magdalene, sculpture1 Comment

Mary Magdalene has a reputation for being emotional, if not unstable. Meanwhile Mary the mother of Jesus is usually depicted as supernaturally composed, her emotion perfectly contained beneath a serene expression. She’s not human; she’s all saint. Reflecting on a set of terracotta sculptures in Bologna and a Dorothy Sayer’s play, I consider how we can move from caricature to complexity in our understanding of these two women.

Victim or Survivor?—Giacometti, ovarian cancer, and a glimpse of glory

By: tinaboesch March 5, 2016March 11, 2019

art, writingcancer, CS Lewis, existentialism, Giacometti, glory, sculpture, suffering5 Comments

When I see Giacometti’s sculptures I don’t see anxiety, I see dignity. I don’t see alienation; I see presence. I don’t see frailty; I see endurance and resolve. I don’t see victims; I see survivors. These works have been “enthrallingly handled.” They have been loved into existence.