{"id":2620,"date":"2012-04-25T22:14:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T22:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2012\/04\/25\/new-installation-interview-with-joel-shapiro\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:22:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:22:49","slug":"new-installation-interview-with-joel-shapiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/new-installation-interview-with-joel-shapiro","title":{"rendered":"New Installation: Interview with Joel Shapiro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/016.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/016-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New Installation\rJoel Shapiro\r2 February - 18 March 2012\rCommission, Rice University Art Gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Joel Shapiro. Untitled, 2012. Commission, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, Texas. Photo: Nash Baker \u00a9 nashbaker.com)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/temporaryartreview.com\/new-installation-interview-with-joel-shapiro\/\" target=\"_blank\">Temporary Art Review<\/a> sits down with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/shapiro_bio.html\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Shapiro<\/a> to discuss his \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=707\" target=\"_blank\">New Installation<\/a>\u201d at Rice Gallery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2026the kind of sculpture that interests me is sculpture that deals with space, with condensing space, expanding space, and that actively engages negative space. So all these things have always been aspects of sculpture, from Stonehenge through the classical period.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the rest of the interview <a href=\"http:\/\/temporaryartreview.com\/new-installation-interview-with-joel-shapiro\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and explore more on Joel Shapiro, including his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/shapiro_bio.html\" target=\"_blank\">2004 skyroom installation<\/a> at L.A. Louver <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/shapiro_bio.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Joel Shapiro. Untitled, 2012. Commission, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, Texas. Photo: Nash Baker \u00a9 nashbaker.com) Temporary Art Review sits down with Joel Shapiro to discuss his \u201cNew Installation\u201d at Rice Gallery: \u2026the kind of sculpture that interests me is sculpture that deals with space, with condensing space, expanding space, and that actively engages negative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,1575,44,459,1574,24,1573,1576],"class_list":["post-2620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-art","tag-houston","tag-installation","tag-joel-shapiro","tag-rice-gallery","tag-sculpture","tag-shapiro","tag-temporary-art-review"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>New Installation: Interview with Joel Shapiro - L.A. 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