07 Jul An Afternoon in the Studio: With Notes on Process
How Richard Erdman’s forms begin: slow summer days in Vermont, hands moving at the pace of plaster, new work becomes Super 8mm frames with notes on process by Richard Erdman...
Carrara Marble
16 Apr The Brutalist and Carrara Marble
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...
14 Feb New Abstract Sculpture – Richard Erdman’s Perpetual Sublime
It could be said that mortality is the bound spring inside the work of Richard Erdman. Every sculpture holds the urgency of each moment lived as if it were the last. Fueled by his threshold experiences of nature, Erdman endeavors to wring the fullness from...
17 Jan Carving Marble in Pursuit of the Ultimate Divine
Richard Erdman works with marble in pursuit of the divine. These abstract forms hold centuries of time; they whisper of the past and bend toward the future, a timeless continuum. Fervent gestures in stone beckon the sublime. Umba Carrara marble 2024 29 x 23 x 20 inches...
17 Dec Curved and New, Introducing Velo
As a form that holds space without containing it, Velo compels a closer look, like catching a shadow or movement from the periphery. Its form almost opens, almost unfolds. The marble evokes the warmth of flesh, or a bloom opening, loosening its grip on becoming. A sense of...
11 Dec Unique and Stately: Marble Sculptures for Whipple Russell Architects
Watch the creative process of this monumental marble project unfold, starting with the extraction of large marble blocks from the Alpuan Alps near Carrara, Italy, ending with installation at a private clients new home in the United States. ...
04 Sep Exploring Stunning New Sculpture
As we near the end of the summer and catch our breath, even just a little, the transition of seasons invites a pause to reflect on all that’s been in motion this year. Not only did Richard complete his largest work since Passage—the Carrara marble...
18 Jul An Ode to Tides – New Marble Sculpture
A reverence for nature’s cyclical patterns echoes through new sculptures Hoku I and Hoku II. Both works are pared down-- tongue-like ribbons of marble that rise from and return to earth in organic, wave-like arches. Inspired by Katsushika Hokusai’s famed Edo period woodcut Under the Wave off Kanagawa (widely known as The...
04 Jun A Beautiful History of Marble
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...
04 Apr Monumental Yet Minimalist: New Salient Sculptures
Salient sculptures are monumental yet minimalist. Richard Erdman Studios is thrilled to introduce two new sculptures carved from Carrara marble: Salient I and Salient II. Monumental in scale and presence, each piece stands at more than eight feet tall and are dramatic, self-enclosed meditations on...
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