Dear Colleague:

I am conducting a survey concerning American sculpture and hope that you will be able to pass on the enclosed information about it.  Please let me know if you would also be willing to include the questionnaire  itself on your [list serve, or website]:

In 1995 the Los Angeles County Museum of Art organized the exhibition The Figure in American Sculpture: A Question of Modernity. Revisionist in interpretation, it aimed to reconsider the often-held belief that American artists did not create modern sculpture until after World War II.  Including 80 artists, both mainstream and marginalized figures (many of whom were women, ethnic minorities, immigrants, etc.), it redefined what the term "modern" meant at that time.  It included works in a variety of styles, and media.  A substantial publication accompanied the exhibition.  Ilene Susan Fort, curator of American Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is currently conducting a survey to determine the exact effect, if any, the exhibition and its catalogue had on the teaching, curating, collecting and selling of American modernist sculpture.  Her findings will be incorporated into a paper she is presenting at the "Redefining American Modernism" session of the 2004 College Art Association annual convention, to be held in Seattle next February.  Anyone wishing to participate may contact the American Art Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036, or 323-857-6527, or write to [log in to unmask].

Thank you for announcing this survey.

Ilene Susan Fort
Curator of American Art <<survey.questionnaireform.AmSculp.doc>>
LACMA
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323)857-6527
f: (323)932-5842