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The Sculptor Who Reconceives Classical Myths
Nick Marino · September 4, 2019
A profile of Yoko Kubrick’s marble sculpture, classical mythology, and practice in Pietrasanta.
In this 2019 profile for T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Nick Marino examines how Yoko Kubrick transforms Greek mythology and the traditions of Italian marble carving into contemporary abstract sculpture. The article centers on The Capture of Persephone, shown at the 2019 San Francisco Decorator Showcase, and follows the making of Tides in Pietrasanta before its permanent installation at the University of San Francisco.
“Yoko Kubrick’s marble works reference familiar tales while subverting the traditions that have defined her discipline.”
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Original T Magazine photography by Diego Mayon. The magazine photographs are not reproduced here.
Related Work
The Capture of Persephone
The article’s longest discussion centers on The Capture of Persephone, an abstract interpretation of the myth shaped to be viewed from multiple directions.
- Materials
- Marble
- Year
- 2019
- Location
- San Francisco Decorator Showcase
Tides
The T Magazine profile includes Tides during its creation, before the sculpture’s permanent installation in the Sacred Heart Garden at the University of San Francisco in October 2019.
- Materials
- Carrara marble, Bardiglio base
- Dimensions
- 48 × 55 × 53 in
- Year
- 2019
- Location
- Permanent University of San Francisco installation
This feature was also published in Chinese by T China: The New York Times Style Magazine.