JEFFREY BROWN:

Kenneth Lapatin is co-curator with Jens Daehner of the exhibition Power and Pathos, now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the last leg of a tour that began at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

Unliked carved marble, which lasted longer and less were more familiar with, these sculptures were made from molds. The artist began with soft wax, which allowed for detailed styling and was used to make a clay mold. Once fired, it was filled with molten bronze, which hardened into the sculpture.