Artsy recently published Claes Oldenburg’s Supersized Pop Sculptures Made Public Art Fun featuring five of Oldenburg’s (SAIC 1950–53, HON 1979) most famous public sculptures. From giant lipstick to a massive cupid’s bow Oldenburg’s work radiates his signature humor. “I am for an art,” Oldenburg wrote in 1961, “that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum.” Read more about Oldenburg’s work at Artsy.
October 27, 2020
Sungho Bae receives Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award from the International Sculpture Center
Second year MFA Graduate in sculpture, Sungho Bae, has been selected by the International Sculpture Center, publisher of Sculpture magazine, to recieve an Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award!
July 21, 2020
MFA Sculpture Students Launch Virtual Gallery, Perennial Space
To make up for the loss of in-person exhibitions during the pandemic, students from the Sculpture department have launched a virtual gallery to experiment with new methods of collaboration and artmaking.
April 27, 2020
SAIC Faculty, Alums, and Students Contribute to Quarantine Times
Launched by the Public Media Institute (PMI), Lumpen Magazine, and Lumpen Radio (WLPN 105.5fm), The Quarantine Times spotlights the different ways Chicago's artists are responding to the pandemic.
