James Kalm, has over the course of the last two decades, established a reputation as an art history enthusiast, specializing in the local New York creative community. When your correspondent was invited by Brooklyn Rail publisher Phong Bui to stop in and partake in a walkthrough tour of the Johnathan and Barbara Silver Foundation, he had no hesitation.
Michael Brenson delivers a twenty-minute spontaneous discourse in Jonathan’s life and work. Brenson met Silver in the late 1960s and over the next twenty years developed a deep acquaintance with the artist. As an art critic for the New York Times, and other publications, Brenson interviewed, and revied, the artist over the course of his emerging career. He thus established a basic critical archive through which scholarship could proceed. Brenson now promotes the study and legacy of Silver through his association with the Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation.
Jonathan Silver was a figurative sculptor emerging during the period of Minimalism, and Conceptualism. His deep appreciation of forbearers like Alberto Giacometti and Auguste Rodin, along with the psychological insights of Sigmund Freud, put him at ideological odds with many of his contemporaries. The time has now arrived for a more thoughtful reevaluation of this sculptor, who died too young, leaving viewers with only inklings of how the work might have developed. This program was recorded June 10, 2023. #jameskalmreport #jameskalmroughcut #lorenmunk
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