Full Circle: Richard Fleischner with David Smith, Christo, Claes Oldenburg, Barnett Newman, & other Monumenta Artists

In 1974, Monumenta’s 54 works by 40 artists made headlines as one of the world’s first large-scale outdoor sculpture exhibitions. Fifty-one years later, FULL CIRCLE returns to this canonical exhibition through the lens of works by Richard Fleischner, one of Monumenta’s last surviving artists, and his contemporaries. 

FULL CIRCLE focuses on Fleischner’s “Sod Maze” at Chateau-sur-Mer and illuminates his early career with archival materials in conversation with contemporaries including Christo, David Smith, Claes Oldenburg, Alexander Liberman, and Barnett Newman. Complemented by encaustics and works related to Fleischner’s ongoing Rowdy Meadow earthwork—home to contemporary masters like Richard Serra, Anish Kapoor, and Andy Goldsworthy—the exhibit traces a compelling arc from Monumenta’s pioneering vision to the continuing relevance of modern art and contemporary sculpture.

Image: Richard Fleischner, Sod Maze: View with Mound Elevation, Cyanotype print. Courtesy of the artist.