Gallery Talk: The Intersection of Sculpture and Architecture

Curator Chris Addison and artist, Dickson Carroll will discuss the exhibition "Dickson Carroll, Retrospective, 1973 to 2023" in a gallery talk titled "The Intersection of Sculpture and Architecture" scheduled for

Saturday, 2:00- 3:00pm

Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art

Dickson Carroll, Artist
Chris Addison, Curator

Enter a three-dimensional world that's colorful, abstract, and delightfully whimsical. Dickson Carroll's work as an artist and sculptor is informed by his work as architect. In many ways, one discipline doesn't exist without the other. Carroll creates "visionary" building projects in model form, frequently for specific places in our city. Some are transformations of existing or proposed buildings. Some are fantasies.

Interested in both function and beauty, Carroll makes furniture and other useful objects. He is also fascinated by landscapes and makes three-dimensional visions of specific places, often river scenes, which are built into light boxes with their own illumination.
Carroll works primarily in wood, which is hand-carved, rasped and sanded smooth. There is a minimal use of electronic or computer-aided tools and he works without assistants. Don’t miss this exuberant retrospective of Dickson Carroll's work over the last fifty years.

This event will be held in-person at the museum.

Please direct any questions about this event to the museum's main contact for this event, Patricia Edwine-Poku at [email protected].

Image: Final Voyage to Cytheria, 2018. Poplar, birch plywood, acrylic paint, 38 inches x 41 inches x 7 inches. Courtesy of Angelo Kostaris

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, United States