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Posted Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002; 2.02 p.m. GMT
When the Turner Prize shortlist for 2003 is announced, here's a name you'll have heard before, because you read it here: Gary Webb. The 29-year-old Englishman is at the cusp of fame, leading a revival in mankind's oldest art form, sculpture.
But this isn't sculpture as Rodin or Michelangelo would recognize it. Webb rarely puts chisel to stone; his work ranges from blown-glass birds to abstract shapes in wire or tubing. "More people are interested in sculpture because it is made differently than it was before," says Webb.
Some of his work has already begun to show up in prestigious galleries like the Tate Modern and in notable private collections. A few pieces were seen in last summer's show "Early One Morning" (named after an Anthony Caro sculpture) at London's Whitechapel Gallery. Curator Iwona Blazwick says Webb and other young British artists are at the cutting edge of the New Sculpture movement; she also cites up-and-coming Americans like Liz Larner.
Blazwick thinks sculpture's return represents "a real paradigm shift" for the art scene, an overdue move away from the recent dominance of film and video. "Video makes you a spectator," she says, "but these artists are using stuff you can walk around and through."
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