Meg Webster, photo by Steven Probert.
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Reflect on ecology, sustainability, and interconnectedness with esteemed sculptor Meg Webster as she joins co-curator Donna De Salvo in conversation. Examining her two sculptures Moss Bed King (1986-88/2026) and Steel Containing Salt (1990), which are both included in the summer exhibition This Land: Considering the American Landscape, Webster and DeSalvo enter into organic dialogue centered on Webster’s work as a whole. Following the discussion, there will be an insightful Q&A.
Working primarily with organic materials such as moss, water, stone, wood, and soil, Webster transforms natural elements into immersive sculptural environments. Her work invites viewers to consider nature as a vital and inseparable part of human experience rather than something distant or remote from daily life. Webster’s work contributes to important 20th century artistic movements and innovations, lending itself specifically to Land Art and Minimalism. Webster’s two sculptures can be viewed ahead of the talk during our exhibition hours: Thursday – Monday between 11 AM – 5 PM.
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MEG WEBSTER (b. 1944, San Francisco, CA) has long been guided by an environmentalist impulse to celebrate and preserve the natural world. She produces both indoor sculptures made of salt, earth, sand, and other natural materials, and outdoor installations designed to enhance the community’s appreciation for an understanding of the earth’s ecosystem.
Webster currently has long-term installations on view at Hudson River Park, New York (Stonefield, 2010) and Milwaukee Sculpture, Wisconsin (Glass Spiral, 1990). Another long-term presentation of her works at Dia Beacon, New York closed earlier this year.
Webster received her MFA from Yale University in 1983 and had a one-person exhibition at Donald Judd’s exhibition space on Spring Street, New York, the same year. Subsequent one-person exhibition shave been held at the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh (1984); Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (1991); Brooklyn Museum, New York (1992); P.S. 1 Contemporary Arts Center, New York (1998); MoMA P.S. 1 (2013); LMCC Art Center at Governor’s Island, New York (2021) and Judd Foundation, New York (2022). In 2016 she presented her large-scale earthwork, Concave Room for Bees, at Socrates Sculpture Park, commissioned for their exhibition “LANDMARK,” and in 2017 she participated in the two-person exhibition, Natura Naturans at Villa Panza in Varese, Italy. Webster lives and works in New York.