Sculpture on the Move

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Installing Karel Appel’s The Elephant at the University of Maryland. All photos: Sarah Corley

You might notice that the large, colorful sculpture from the corner of 21st and Q Streets, NW, is gone. This work, The Elephant by Karel Appel, has found a new home at the University of Maryland! Here are some behind-the-scenes photos of the move and installation; check back for a video.

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Installing Karel Appel’s The Elephant at the University of Maryland.

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Installing Karel Appel’s The Elephant at the University of Maryland.

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Installing Karel Appel’s The Elephant at the University of Maryland.

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Installing Karel Appel’s The Elephant at the University of Maryland.

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Installing Karel Appel’s The Elephant at the University of Maryland.

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Installing Karel Appel’s The Elephant at the University of Maryland.

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Installing Karel Appel’s The Elephant at the University of Maryland.

 

Behind the Scenes: Installing with George Condo

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Finalizing layout plans. Left to right: Manager of Exhibitions Liza Strelka, contemporary artist George Condo, Exhibition Curator Klaus Ottmann, Condo studio assistant Benjamin Provo. Photo: Rhiannon Newman

George Condo was on site last week to install about 200 of his works in the Phillips galleries. His exhibition, The Way I Think, opened last weekend and offers visitors unprecedented insight into the mind and creative process of this extraordinarily imaginative artist.

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Photo: Rhiannon Newman

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Photo: Rhiannon Newman

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Photo: Rhiannon Newman

Behind the Scenes with Arlene Shechet

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Arlene Shechet with her installation Once Removed (1998). These works are mde from abacá paper and Hydrocal. Photos: Rhiannon Newman

Check out these behind-the-scenes photos of Arlene Shechet installing her Intersections project, From Here On Now.  Shechet is a New York-based sculptor known for glazed ceramic sculptures that are off-kilter yet hang in a balance between stable and unstable, teetering between the restraint of intellect and the insistence of instinct.

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Shechet in the staircaise of the original Phillips house with Deputy Director for Curatorial and Academic Affairs Klaus Ottmann. Photo: Rhiannon Newman

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Deciding on positioning for Shechet’s Best Behavior (2014). Photo: Rhiannon Newman

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Shechet and Ottmann with the artist’s Best Behavior (2014). Photo: Rhiannon Newman

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In an adjacent gallery to the one pictured above, portraits from the museum’s permanent collection are hung salon style. Photo: Rhiannon Newman

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In addition to her works on view in the second floor of the original Phillips house, Shechet’s ceramics are on view in a first floor gallery of the more recent addition. Shechet and Ottmann are pictured here with For the Forest (2016). Photo: Rhiannon Newman

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Arlene Shechet installing Once Removed (1998). Photo: Rhiannon Newman