An evolving editorial archive, a place to share impressions from the studio, writings on Richard’s practice, and special projects
SPACE SHAPING POSSIBILITIES Exploring the space-shaping possibilities of outdoor sculpture, Richard has spent the better part of 40 years creating monumental works, engaging deeply with material, form, scale, and spatial context. The result is a wide-reaching body of work spanning diverse geographies and environments—from the deserts...
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...
Le Sacre du Printemps At the threshold of spring, we consider Richard’s sculpture, Reiybu, alongside the singular ballet, The Rite of Spring. The musical-choreographic work, also known as Le Sacra du Printemps, was created by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky in 1911. The connection between these...
MYTHOS OF MUSE Richard’s sculpture titles are not meant to suggest or frame meaning. They serve the work, a final punctuation mark on a life that exists beyond the becoming of the piece, as if the title were unearthed from the marble, just as the marble...
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...
As the year comes to a close, the studio reflects on a period of sustained making, deep focus, and meaningful growth. Much of this year was spent in close conversation with marble, research, and experimentation. Several new works came to be — Opi, Umba, and Cypraea,...
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...
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...
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....