![]() ![]() We also talked as we drove through Los Angeles neighborhoods, and as we sat together in restaurants and coffee shops. ![]() The journey itself lends definition and meaning to the resulting composition, which became a good lesson to recall in conversation, whenever we ended up far from the subject we thought was our destination.Įdwards and I had our conversations in various places-his studios, his apartment, his New York gallery, and the Nasher’s conference room. ![]() He begins with the spark of an idea, then continues associatively, based on what he sees, handles, remembers. ![]() Ordinarily, he works without sketches, although he is an inveterate and devoted maker of drawings. A seemingly straightforward question can prompt a spiraling string of anecdotes and observations spanning mundane commonplaces of everyday life, esoteric aesthetic concepts, and personal, familial and political history.Įdwards makes sculpture through a process-oriented approach. A talk with Edwards moves-much like his art-with energy, force, and not infrequent bursts of humor, through a series of topics connected by associations fired from the artist’s quick-moving and wide-ranging mind. Since the spring of 2013, I’ve talked extensively with Melvin Edwards about his life and work. ![]()
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