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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...
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...
Opi is monumental in scale yet light on its feet, buoyant. Placed in a reflecting pool in the Arizona desert, the form twists and curls upwards with the poise of a dancer. This sense of movement mirrors the gentle sway of the water below, its white...
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,...
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...
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...