There exists an evocative dialogue between the organic and the abstract in works by Georgia O’Keeffe and Richard Erdman. Georgia O’Keeffe’s fascination with nature’s hidden architectures — from the haunting cavity of Pelvis IV, 1944 to the intimate interiors of Shell, 1937 — reveals how she transformed found natural objects into powerful compositions....
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...
Richard Erdman creates contemporary marble sculptures that carry forward the legacy of modernist masters like Hepworth, Moore, Noguchi, Arp, and Rodin. His work transforms stone into gestural, abstract forms that balance weight, space, and expressive form....
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...
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...
In 1771, German polymath Johann Heinrich Schulze accidentally discovered photography. By dissolving silver bromide particles into a mixture of chalk and acid and exposing it to the sun, he could semipermanently capture shadows. This brilliant, alchemical revelation would birth an entire art form: the medium...
Sculpture is a visual art that consists of creating three dimensional forms from a variety of materials. Here at Richard Erdman Studios, Richard’s preferred materials are white Carrara marble, and bronze, but throughout his 40 year career Richard has also carved limited sculptures in Brazilian Blue...
The sculpture of Richard Erdman is entwined with the history of marble and the source of the most renowned marble in the world: Carrara, Italy. Having maintained a studio in Carrara for decades, Richard’s work is imbued with the region’s rich legacy of stone, from...
“Bronze is the mirror of form, wine of the heart.” ~ Aeschylus Bronze emerges from a type of alchemy, copper and tin combine to create a material stronger than either, a partnership forged in fire, the molten merge creates a living material....
The creation of marble and the contrasting qualities of the ocean are central to Richard Erdman's sculptures. In 1930, the German painter and naturalist Else Bostelmann descended into the depths of the ocean to record sea life on a small engraver’s plate. About the experience...