Somewhere along the way Dave took an ordinary chair and made it impossible. It started as a bow back Windsor side chair, the sort of thing that turns up in every second hand shop in the country. Turned legs, a hooped back, five spindles. A machine made object that...
In 2014 Dave and I made something together. I built the structure. A free-standing form out of wood, angular, panelled, standing on its own legs, meant to be walked around rather than hung. Then I handed it to Dave and he did what only he does. He filled it. Spools,...
The last time I wrote about this, the problem was that the photographs did not exist. Twenty six of the thirty two sculptures I had picked out of Dave’s archive survive in exactly one image. One angle, shot years ago, often the only frame anyone ever took....
There is a new link in the menu at the top of this site. It says The Archive, and behind it is every photograph of David Stahl’s work that I have, going back to 2013, in one place, in order, and searchable. Fourteen years. Type a year, or a word, and it finds...
I have been photographing David Stahl’s sculptures for ten years, and for ten years I have had the same quiet frustration with my own pictures. A photograph of one of Dave’s pieces tells you what it looks like. It does not tell you what it is like to walk...
In the last post I put one of Dave’s sculptures on the page as something you can turn around in your hands. A few people have already asked how that was done, so here is the whole thing, start to finish, with nothing left out and nothing dressed up. It started...
Between Reflection and Structure: Three New Works from David Stahl One of the most interesting aspects of following an artist’s work over time is recognizing when familiar materials begin to take on new meanings. In these three recent works, David Stahl...
David Stahl: A Retrospective, 2014–2025 Hundreds of sculptures. One unmistakable visual language. New Rochelle sculptor David Stahl has opened his most comprehensive online exhibition to date, a full retrospective spanning a decade-plus of studio practice from 2014...
Reflective Dimensions: The Mirror Series In two of these latest works, Stahl introduces a literal “point of view” by wrapping his intricate assemblages around a central mirror. This architectural choice is a bold evolution for the artist. By bordering the...
Please Join Me on 4/22/26 in NYC! An Evening in Support of Bialystoker Synagogue, presented by Bear Givers As a landmark and one of New York’s oldest buildings being used as a synagogue, Bialystoker has been a cornerstone of the Lower East Side. Help us breathe...
