The 25 Sculptures That Define the Modern Age

 

뉴욕타임스가 1945년 이후 제작된 가장 중요한 조각 작품 25점을 선정했다. 선정 패널에는 파이렐리 바에즈(45세), 찰스 게인스(82세), 아담 펜들턴(42세), 알린 셰쳇(77세),  위치한 MoMA PS1의 수석 큐레이터이자, '조각 센터(SculptureCenter)'의 전 큐레이터였던 루바 카트립(44세)이 참가했다. (Charles Gaines, Adam Pendleton, M.H. Miller, Firelei Báez, Ruba Katrib and Arlene Shechet)

 

 

Louise Nevelson’s “Sky Cathedral” (1958).Credit...© 2026 Estate of Louise Nevelson/Artists Rights Society (ARS), N.Y. Photo: © the Museum of Modern Art/licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, N.Y.

 

1. David Smith, “Hudson River Landscape,” 1951

 

2. Lygia Clark, “Bichos,” 1959-66

 

*MoMA 재개관: 남미 작가들이 뜬다, 2019

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Art2&document_srl=3862931

3. Kara Walker, “A Subtlety,” 2014

 

*카라 워커의 첫 뉴욕, 2002

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Art2&document_srl=4120275

 

4. Claes Oldenburg, “The Store,” 1961

5. Melvin Edwards, “Lynch Fragments,” 1963-2026

6. Marisol, “Women and Dog,” 1963-64

7. Noah Purifoy, “66 Signs of Neon,” 1966

8. Robert Rauschenberg, “Bed,” 1955

 

*라우셴버그와 친구들@MoMA, 2017

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Art2&document_srl=3588963

9. Richard Serra, “Tilted Arc,” 1981

 

*육중한 강철 조각, 최후의 추상표현주의자 리처드 세라(Richard Serra)

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Art2&document_srl=4119581

 

10. “Benefit for the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam” at Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, 1968

11. Robert Smithson, “Spiral Jetty,” 1970

12. Eva Hesse, “Contingent,” 1969

 

*MoMA 여성작가: 루이스 부르주아 대 에바 헤세

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Art2&document_srl=3574912

 

13. Gordon Matta-Clark, “Splitting,” 1974

 

14. Louise Bourgeois, “The Destruction of the Father,” 1974

 

*MoMA 여성작가: 루이스 부르주아 대 에바 헤세

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Art2&document_srl=3574912

15. Christo and Jeanne-Claude, “Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83”

 

*크리스토(Christo) 다큐멘터리 'WALKING ON WATER'(2019) ★★★★

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Film2&document_srl=3809307

 

16. David Hammons, “African-American Flag,” 1990

17. Rirkrit Tiravanija, “Untitled 1990 (Pad Thai)”

18. Felix Gonzalez-Torres, “‘Untitled’ (Portrait of Ross in L.A.),” 1991

19. Martin Puryear, “Liberty/Libertà” at the Venice Biennale, 2019

 

*'마틴 퍼리어: 넥서스(Martin Puryear: Nexus)'@보스턴미술관->클리블랜드미술관

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Art2&document_srl=4165390

 

20. Pope.L, “The Great White Way: 22 miles, 9 Years, 1 Street,” 2001-09

21. Lauren Halsey, “The Eastside of South Central Los Angeles Hieroglyph Prototype Architecture (I),” 2023

22. Louise Nevelson, “Sky Cathedral,” 1958

 

*MoMA 전후 여성 작가: 루이스 네벨슨 대 리 본테쿠

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?document_srl=3635371&mid=Art2

 

23. Isamu Noguchi, “Sunken Garden for Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza,” 1961-64

 

*노구치뮤지엄 Noguchi Museum 가이드

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=FunNY2&document_srl=3036623

 

24. Isa Genzken, “Fuck the Bauhaus: New Buildings for New York,” 2000

 

*이자 겐즈켄 회고전Isa Genzken: Retrospective @MoMA(11/23-3/10, 2014) 

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Art2&document_srl=2958362

25. Alexander Calder, “Black Widow,” 1948

 

*알렉산더 칼더: 하이퍼 모빌리티 CALDER: HYPERMOBILITY@휘트니뮤지엄(6/9-10/23, 2017)

https://www.nyculturebeat.com/index.php?mid=Art2&document_srl=3590164

 

 

The 25 Sculptures That Define the Modern Age

Four artists and a curator debate the most important works since the end of World War II.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/t-magazine/important-sculptures-modern-age.html