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title: "The Necessity of Sculpture"
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# The Necessity of Sculpture

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                  &quot;Eric Gibson&apos;s The Necessity of Sculpture reads like a sharp answer to Baudelaire&apos;s claim that &quot;sculpture is boring.&quot; His genuine and informed response to the medium and clear, critical writing make it an indispensable book on the subject.&quot; &#x2015;Philippe De Montebello, Director Emeritus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art &quot;Eric Gibson is one of our best art editors at work today. In his (nearly nonexistent) spare time he is also a probing critic and astute essayist. One of his great interests in art history is the relatively neglected area of sculpture. Gibson has written all across the field. Be prepared: he will not only inform you, but make you think; not only make you look, but make you see.&quot; &#x2015;John Wilmerding, Sarofim Professor Emeritus in American Art, Princeton University
                    
                  
                
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                  Eric Gibson is the Arts in Review editor of The Wall Street Journal and one of the paper&#x2019;s art critics. He grew up in England and graduated with a B.A. in Art History from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He is the author of The Sculpture of Clement Meadmore (Hudson Hills Press, 1993) and lives with his wife on Long Island.
                    
                  
                
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