Writing

Bibliography

Critical Bibliography

"New Sculpture Exhibition at Berkeley Art Center," Berkeley Daily Gazette, July 11, 1969 (Review and Reproduction).

"McFarlin and Slusky," Westart, August 1, 1969 (Review and Reproduction).

Miriam Dungan Cross, Oakland Tribune, August 3, 1969 (Review).

Thomas Albright, San Francisco Chronicle, July 11, 1970 (Review).

"Simonds and Slusky," Westart, February 16, 1973 (Review and Reproduction).

Thomas Albright, "It's the Simple Things that Count," San Francisco Chronicle, February 23, 1983 (Review).

Judith L. Dunham, "Simonds and Slusky," Artweek, March 3, 1973 (Review and Reproduction).

Alfred Frankenstein, "Comedies in Scrap Metal," San Francisco Chronicle, July 25, 1974 (Review and Reproduction).

Dwight Johnson, "Gallery's 'First-Show' Project a Remarkable Display of Beauty," Palo Alto Times, July 26, 1974 (Review and Reproduction).

City Magazine (San Francisco), August 21–September 3, 1974 (Mention and Reproduction).

Thomas Albright, "The Art Festival is Blooming," San Francisco Chronicle, September 24, 1974 (Mention).

"Art on the Move," The Daily Review (Hayward), December 3, 1974 (Mention and Reproduction).

"Hayward Festival of the Arts," The Daily Review (Hayward), May 15, 1975 (Mention and Reproduction).

Artweek, May 17, 1975 (Mention and Reproduction).

Greg Hartmann, "Anybody Want a Half-Ton Work of Art," The Daily Review (Hayward), June 10, 1975 (Article and Reproduction).

Thomas Albright, "Delightful Sculpture and Outstanding Collages," San Francisco Chronicle, August 23, 1975 (Review and Reproduction).

Charles Shere, "Richmond Art Center Sculpture Show is a Joy," Oakland Tribune, August 31, 1975 (Review).

Judith L. Dunham, "Contemporary California Sculpture," Artweek, September 13, 1975 (Review and Reproduction).

"San Francisco Has No City Limit—," Advertising Age, February 16, 1976 (Reproduction).

Artes Visuales Magazine, July 1976 (Mention and Reproduction).

Paul Allman, "A Richmond Visit by Art Who?," The Independent and Gazette (Richmond), June 26, 1967 (Review).

Thomas Albright, "A Strong Sculptor Getting Stronger," San Francisco Chronicle, July 19, 1976 (Review).

"Berkeley Drivers Seeing Things," Oakland Tribune, October 7, 1977.

"City Hall Sculpture," The Independent and Gazette (Richmond), October 11, 1977 (Mention and Reproduction).

Thomas Albright, "No Hodgepodge Approach for this Ethnic Exhibition," San Francisco Chronicle, November 18, 1977 (Review).

Thomas Albright, "Large Sculpture Exhibition in an Adequate Space," San Francisco Chronicle, November 23, 1977 (Review).

Judith L. Dunham, "Visibility for Bay Area Sculpture," Artweek, December 3, 1977 (Review and Reproduction).

Gay Morris, "Palo Alto Art Gallery Doubles the Viewing Experience," Palo Alto Times, December 19, 1977 (Reproduction).

Ruud Van der Veer, "Sculptors at Ohlone," Oakland Tribune, January 18, 1978 (Review and Reproduction).

"Ohlone Exhibit," The Daily Review (Hayward), February 3, 1978 (Mention and Reproduction).

Thomas Albright, "A Diverse, Mostly Unrewarding Sculpture Show," San Francisco Chronicle, May 20, 1978 (Review).

Tom Cervenak, "Four Sculptural Styles," Artweek, May 27, 1978 (Review and Reproduction).

Joanne Dickson, "Trio of Sculptors Reveal Rich Variety of Approach," Palo Alto Times, July 21, 1978 (Review and Reproduction).

Charles Shere, "Some Gallery Art Shows Installed Here and There," Oakland Tribune, October 22, 1978 (Review).

Susan E. Eason, "Gestures in Two and Three Dimensions," Artweek, November 11, 1978 (Review).

Thomas Albright, "New 'School' of Sculpture with Grace and Delicacy," San Francisco Chronicle, March 7, 1979 (Mention).

"Points of View," The Press Democrat (Sonoma), April 27, 1979 (Review and Reproduction).

Artweek, May 12, 1979 (Mention and Reproduction).

Rick Glaze, "Thirty Years of Recent Sculpture Represented in Syntex Exhibition," Palo Alto Weekly, December 6, 1979 (Review).

Mollie O'Neil, "Materiality and Illusion," Artweek, May 31, 1980 (Review).

Andy Brumer, "Marina Mall's Crowning Touch," The Independent and Gazette (Richmond), July 27, 1981 (Article and Reproduction).

Robert Atkins, "Trends, Traditions and Dirt: The Current State of Art in Northern California," Laka Journal, Winter 1981 (Mention).

"Artwork by Sculptors at Hyde," The Argus, July 29, 1982 (Mention and Reproduction).

Karen Oliphant, "Sculpture Unifies Life," The Argus, August 5, 1982 (Article and Reproduction).

Beth Coffelt, "Public Art (Part 2)," Living – The Magazine of the San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle, August 8, 1982 (Mention).

Janice Ross, "Peninsula Exhibits Join into Spirit of Sculpture Conference," Tribune/Today, August 9, 1982 (Mention).

Andy Brumer, "Like a Ruddy Man Who Reads No Book," The Berkeley Monthly, November 1982 (Article and Reproduction).

Kathleen Bonner, "Sculpture '82 Sonoma State University," Images and Issues, Nov/Dec 1982 (Mention and Reproduction).

Sandy Ballatore, "Sculpture by the Bay: Dominate or Integrate," Images and Issues, Nov/Dec 1982 (Mention and Reproduction).

Johanna Drucker, "Construction and Reverie: The Work of Joe Slusky," Concrete: Journal of the CED, U.C.B., Vol. 17, No. 6, 1984 (Article and Reproduction).

Carol Fowler, "Exhibit Will Enhance Broadway Plaza," Contra Costa Times, August 15, 1984 (Mention).

"Joseph Slusky – Sculpture and Drawings," City Scene Fall 1984, Publication of Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery (Article and Reproduction).

Thomas Albright, "The Art of the San Francisco Bay Area 1945–1980," University of California Press, 1985 (Mention).

De Tram, "Artist Joe Slusky Sculpts New Meaning out of Life," Millbrae Sun, May 22, 1985 (Article and Reproduction).

Victoria Powers, "Contrasts of Concept and Form," Artweek, March 29, 1986 (Mention and Reproduction).

Chiori Santiago, "Art and the Evolution of Things," The Daily Californian, March 19, 1986 (Article: Interview and Reproductions).

Robin Worthington, "Sculptors Showing Work at 2 Galleries," San Jose Mercury News, April 1, 1987 (Review and Reproduction).

Jamie Brunson, "Joseph Slusky: Rendezvous, 1987," Artweek, January 16, 1988 (Mention and Reproduction).

Patricia Albers, "Shades of Bright," Metro/Santa Clara Valley's Weekly, January 21–27, 1988 (Review).

Roger Yim, "Artnotes," The Oakland Tribune, March 15, 1988 (Mention and Reproduction).

Carol Fowler, "Gallery Concord Opens with Diversity," Contra Costa Times, December 21, 1988 (Mention).

Carol Fowler, "A Closer Look at Artistic Variety," Contra Costa Times, August 15, 1989 (Review).

Colleen Whalen, "Corinthian Caboose — Only $5,000 Bucks!," Holy Names Courier, March 14, 1990 (Article and Reproduction).

Herb Childress, "The Making of a Mark," Places: A Quarterly Journal of Environmental Design, Fall 1990 (Mention and Reproduction).

Zahid Sardar, "Ode to Mexico," San Francisco Examiner Image Magazine, Feb. 10, 1991 (Mention and Reproductions).

Andy Brumer, "Joe Slusky: The Fluidity of Feeling and the Solidity of Form," Visions Art Quarterly, Spring 1994 (Profile Article with Reproductions).

Jolene Thym, "Putting Sculpture Out to Pasture," The Oakland Tribune, August 14, 1994 (Mention and Reproduction).

Diana Ketchun, "Double Vision," Elle Decor Magazine, April/May 1996 (Mention and Reproduction).

"Soul Search-Psychedelic and Cheerful," Kultur-Sachsische Tages Zeitung, June 29, 1996 (Review and Reproduction).

Von Brigitte Peukert, "Bizarre Sculptures in Powerful Colors: Joseph Slusky Exhibits for the First Time in Germany," Erfurt-Thuringer Landeszeitung, July 23, 1996 (Review and Reproduction).

Angela Hill, "Kinetic Sculpture Goes Berserk-ley," The Oakland Tribune, September 30, 1996 (Article and Mention).

Victoria Dalkey, "Absurdists'-Eye Views," The Sacramento Bee, July 13, 1997 (Review and Reproduction).

Chuck Squatriblia and Herman Bustamante, Jr., "The Artist Has a Soft Spot for Metal" and "Cultivating a Playful Eye for Art," The Sunday Times/West Contra Costa Edition, January 4, 1998 (Profile Article and Reproductions).

Chiori Santiago, "Metal Gymnastics: The Art of Joe Slusky," The Museum of California (Magazine), Spring 1999 (Article with Color Reproductions).

Jolene Thym, "Berkeley Sculptor's Works – Fossilizations of Thought," The Oakland Tribune, March 19, 1999 (Article and Reproduction).

Jack Foley, "Better Living Through Alchemy," Express: The East Bay's Free Weekly, March 12–18, 1999 (Article and Reproduction).

Jenna Russell, "Caress of Steel: George Lloyd and Joe Slusky," The Portland Phoenix (Maine), November 3, 2000 (Review).

Philip Isaacson, "Pairing of Artists Provokes, Stimulates," Maine Sunday Telegraph, November 12, 2000 (Review and Reproductions).

Marian Liu, "3 Sculptures Compete for Ogawa Plaza," The Oakland Tribune, February 5, 2001 (Article and Reproduction).

Monique Beeler, "Steel with a Twist at Richmond Art Center," The Oakland Tribune, July 27, 2001 (Review and Mention).

Brandy Underwood, "Sculpture Gives Plaza a Colorful Centerpiece," The Berkeley Voice, July 26, 2002 (Article and Reproduction).

Leah Barvels, "Fossilizing Imagination," San Mateo Daily Journal, January 24–25, 2004 (Article and Reproductions).

Joshua Rotter, "Understanding His Life by Making His Art," The Oakland Tribune, September 21, 2005 (Article and Reproductions).

Andy Brumer / Photography by Erik Butler, "Joseph Slusky: The Artist and the Dance," 360: Life From Every Angle (American Express Publishing), Premier Issue / Summer 2006 (Article and Reproductions).

Debra Koppman, "Previews: Joe Slusky," Artweek, November 2006 (Review and Reproductions).

Tiffany Carboni / Photography by Deborah Sherman, "Industrial Chic: Raising the Roof on a Custom Collaboration," Oakland Magazine, March 2007 (Article and Reproductions).

Rebecca Wallace / Photography by Marjan Sadoughi, "Steely Jam: Joseph Slusky Improvises in the Resolute World of Metal," Palo Alto Weekly / Weekend Edition, January 18, 2008 (Feature Article and Reproductions).

Benjamin Pacheco Lopez, "Slusky: Fosilizando la imaginación," A.M., June 5, 2008 (Feature Article and Reproduction).

"Leftovers from Surrealism," Atención (San Miguel), July 11, 2008 (Article and Reproduction).

"Art Exhibit Spans County," Santa Cruz Magazine, Spring 2009 (Large Color Reproduction).

Kenneth Baker, "Richmond Exhibition For Its 75th," San Francisco Chronicle (Ovation Section), April 14–17, 2011 (Mention & Reproduction).

DeWitt Cheng, "Light/Dark: Hayward and Berkeley Shows Run The Emotional Gamut," East Bay Express, January 25–31, 2012 (Review).

Austin Walsh, "Where The Rubber Meets The Road," The San Mateo Daily Journal, January 5, 2018 (Review).

Catalogs

Joseph Slusky: Sculpture Survey 1978–1998, The Oakland Museum of California Sculpture Court at City Center, 1999.

Drawing Without Models: George Lloyd, Abby Shahn, Joe Slusky, Chip Sullivan, Weigand Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Belmont, California, 1999.

Making Change: 100 Artists Interpret the Tzedakah Box, The Jewish Museum San Francisco, 1999.

City of Berkeley Public Art Collection, Civic Commission, 2002.

Scents of Purpose: Artists Interpret the Spice Box, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, 2002.

Works and Conversations No. 19 (Joe Slusky: Portfolio), October 2009.

Sculpture 1965–1975, Norfolk Press, 2011.

Painted Metal Sculpture 1977–2012, Norfolk Press, 2012.

Postcard Drawings 1997–2008, Norfolk Press, 2012.

The Breakfast Group (Group Catalog), 2012.

Earth Drawings 1991–2001, Norfolk Press, 2013.

Joseph Slusky: A Selection of Works 1965–2012, Norfolk Press, 2013.

Impulse To Draw (Co-Authored with Chip Sullivan), Norfolk Press, 2014.

Richmond Art Center: 75th Anniversary Exhibition, 1936–2011, Edited by Anthony Pinata, Blurb Printers, 2014.

The Breakfast Group At The Richmond Art Center, 2014.

Painted Paper Sculptures, Norfolk Press, 2015.

Magic Carpet Ride: San Francisco Bay Area Sculptors Meet Athenian Sculptors, Norfolk Press, 2015.

The Dome Studio Group / Celebrating 40 Years, First Edition, 2016.

Disected Unravelled: Impulse To Draw Workbook, Norfolk Press, 2017.

Below Understanding: Drawings by Joseph Slusky / poems by Andy Brumer, Norfolk Press, 2018.

Personal Identity Matter, 2019: International Group Exhibition, Gallery MC, 2019.

Collaborations And Tangents: 30 Years of Making and Exhibiting Art Together / Joseph Slusky and Kate Hawkinson, Museum of Friends: A Museum of Contemporary Art, 2021.

Works and Conversations No. 38 (Art of Living — Premier Autobody), June 2020.