Forever pursuing the temporal qualities of the natural world, Richard’s sculpture Hoku captures the enigmatic and powerful forces of the ocean. Carved from a block of Carrara white marble into a sleek, ribbon-like form, it evokes the contour and dichotomous nature of waves—a transient movement of energy...
In 1986, Richard Erdman unveiled Passage—a monumental sculpture carved from a single block of Roman travertine—that would forever mark his place in the landscape of modern sculpture. Towering at 16 feet and stretching 25 feet wide, Passage stands sentinel at the entrance to the Donald...
Public art is not merely decoration—it is dialogue. It speaks to the people who pass by it every day, whether they pause to listen or not. It tells stories about who we are, what we value, and how we wish to see ourselves reflected in...
Captured on film, the sculpture Velo appears to breathe in the filmic halflight. Pools of illumination trace its folds; shadows smudge its edges. In these close frames, its title evokes a double meaning— Velo, suggesting a veil drawn loosely over form. Details drift between revealing and...
There are sculptors who shape stone—and then there are artists like Richard Erdman, who seem to listen to it. Erdman’s marble sculptures do not merely imitate natural forms—they seem to emerge from them. Flowing, organic, and fluid, his work doesn’t just coexist with nature—it converses with...
Worlds Within the Forms of Marble - When the eye of the camera draws close, the sculpture expands — folds of marble become landscapes, horizons, and atmospheres of their own....
Celebrating 25 Years of Galerie d'Orsay In celebration of Galerie d’Orsay’s 25th Anniversary, the gallery will present three new marble sculptures by Richard Erdman, shown alongside works by Kathy Buist and Henri Matisse at it's upcoming exhibition. Aria, Ciclo, and Reclining Form demonstrate Erdman’s enduring mastery of...
Spira, a Richard Erdman Sculpture, is a Quiet Unraveling of Time Spira is a singular form, not only in its fluid geometry and monumental scale, but the way it alters the perception of time. Standing before it, one feels a soft distortion—as though the spiral shape gently...
Our beloved quarries in Carrara, Italy, where Richard Erdman has worked for over 40 years, were featured in the recent oscar-winning film, The Brutalist Directed by Brady Corbet, starring Adrian Brody, with cinematography by Lol Crawley, The Brutalist has won a plethora of awards for its...
SERENITY IN MOTION: NEW WORKS IN MARBLE MELISSA MORGAN FINE ART PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA APRIL 4, 2025, 4-7 PM Richard Erdman Studios and Melissa Morgan Fine Art are pleased to announce Serenity in Motion, an exhibition of new works by Richard Erdman. Opening April 4 in Palm Desert, California,...