Current News from Hostetler Studios

Celebrating Woman - Exhibit in Stamford CT

Heyman Properties presents “Celebrating Women” Show runs from June 2 through August 30th 2004 Show opened Wednesday, June 2nd with an opening ceremony. The City of Stamford teams up with businesses to bring in 6 sculptor’s works which will be exhibited throughout the city and its park areas. David Hostetler will have 6 large scaled bronzes in the show. This is the first time so many of David’s large bronzes will be seen in a public forum. A catalogue will be produced. “Asherah Tree Goddess”, his largest bronze will make her first City debut. Asherah was featured in the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s show “Art/Nature Nurture, in 2000. Exhibited pieces will include: Asherah Tree Goddess Tribal Figure Duo Asherah II Homage to Woman Eternal Woman Follow the link to more information on each piece.

Joseloff Gallery Exhibit - Goddesses

“Goddesses” ran from April 30th through June 20th, 2004 Show opened on Friday, April 30th with a preview party from 6 to 8pm in the gallery. David spoke on Thursday, April 29th at 2:30pm This show is a very important gathering of David’s pivotal supporter in a prestigious art gallery. The Joseloff Gallery is well known in the art world for dynamic exhibits and catalogues of distinguished artists of the 20th century. Zina Davis, Director of the Joseloff Gallery has curated the all wood sculpture exhibit titled “Goddesses”. The focus has been on the development of the root forms and the more ancient imagery of the last ten years. A catalogue will accompany the show. Email or call us for a copy. The exhibit appeared at: Joseloff Gallery at University of Hartford 200 Bloomfield St. West Hartford, Connecticut

Grounds for Sculpture Commission

The Grounds for Sculpture Park in Hamilton, New Jersey opened the park for the fall 2000 season with the unveiling of Hostetler's Summertime Lady. She stands 12 feet in a black reflecting pool in front of the museum. She is painted Ferrari red with BMW black hair and a polished face and shoulders. According to Seward Johnson, artist and owner of the Grounds for Sculpture Park, "I chose the most important and prominent location in the park to feature Hostetler's Ferrari red Summertime. The continual flow of the lines and the ultra smooth and brilliant surface sing next to the museum.

Asherah Tree Root Goddess

Johnson Atelier, an art foundry, has completed casting the 13 foot Asherah Tree Root Goddess. This is Hostetler's tallest and most complicated bronze to date. She was included in an outdoor sculpture show opening in the Spring of 2000 at Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wisconsin.

The Duo

The Duo, Artist proof II of the same sculpture installed at the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York City is on exhibit at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, N.J.

Woodcraft

Recent Exhibits

• Asherah, 9' IPEWood, Lindley Cultural Center, Ohio University
• The Duo, 10' Bronze, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, N.J.
• Sculptors: A Portfolio of Photographs, by Richard Barros, Fall-Winter Exhibition, Sept 26 - Feb 28, 1999
• Sculpture on the Green, Feb 11 - March 28, 1998, Worthington, OH
• The City of the Arts, April 30 - May 4, 1997, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas

Recent Publications

• Tulsa World, "Collectors See the Light on Hanukkah" December 17, 1998
• The Ohio Jewish Chronicle, featuring David's Menorah, July 23, 1998
• Active Years, "Hot Springs Celebrates Visual Arts," April, 1997
• The Spring Magazine, April, 1997

Recent Newspaper Articles

• The Columbus Dispatch, Sunday, November 7, 1999
• Boston Herald, Sunday, May 16, 1999
• Times Weekender, Northern Virginia, Wednesday, April 24, 1999
• The Washington Times, Arts Section, Saturday, April 24, 1999
• Chicago Tribune, Sunday, March 14, 1999
• Private Clubs, December, 1998
• The Columbus Dispatch, Monday, March 23, 1998
• The Dallas Morning News, December 21, 1997
• Arkansas Weekend, Friday, April 25, 1997