, one of Rydingsvard’s favorite poets. The impressive presentation Rosenthal has compiled is mostly made up of Rydingsvard’s pieces from the 21st century, but there are some earlier works dating from the ’70s to the ’90s that provide background for the more recent creations. Regardless of when the pieces were made, they all possess an attitude that’s very current to our times.
The family was finally able to immigrate to the United States in 1959, settling in Connecticut. Rydingsvard had long been interested in making art, and studied the subject in college, earning a BA and an MA at the University of Miami before going on to Columbia University, where she was awarded an MFA in 1975. She began exhibiting in the ’70s and hit the contemporary art scene big time in the ’90s.
Immediately upon entering the show, you will be stopped in your tracks: The middle of the room holds “Ocean Floor,” from 1996, an enormous wooden bowl that appears very weighty. “Ocean Floor” invites a close look to see what’s inside.
Not everything Rydingsvard makes is large and substantial. Some pieces are small and modest, including the group of “Ten Plates," created from 2008 to 2011, that are tray-like wall pieces in carved cedar, decorated with plaster and/or pigment. Surprisingly, Rydingsvard has never worked in ceramics.
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