Sculpture Exhibit at SMOCA

Last night my wife and I were visiting SMOCA to see a film, part of the offerings of No Festival Required. Waiting for the film to begin, we strolled the galleries. I was pleased to see an exhibit in two of the galleries of sculpture from the City of Scottsdale Permanent Collection that made me stop. The exhibit runs the gamut of 20th century artists, but is heavily weighted towards the non-objective style of sculpture.
Here is a link to the SMOCA website about the show: http://www.smoca.org/exhibit.php?id=221

Pictured is a bronze by Jacque Lipschitz.

There's quite a variety of work in a variety of media, but all non-objective, leaving the job of finding meaning to the viewer. In my hurried rush to see a film, I just skimmed the surface: smooth shiny blobs of granite, check. Cut out shapes of flat steel, check.  Maybe if I'd taken more time, I'd found more to be entranced by, but to me it was easy to skim. Even though I've been in art for many years, been to school, got the degrees, exhibited, etc. non-objective art is not nourishment for my soul, usually. I am impressed however by Anish Kapoor, Andy Goldworthy, Claes Oldenburg, among others. I think I will have to visit SMOCA again with more time available and examine the works in more detail, and so should you. Its always good to extend oneself, like going to the gym, if you don't exercise those muscles, you lose them. Extending one's idea of what is nourishing reveals new sources of nourishment. The exhibit is titled Significant Forms and runs through September 9, 2012.