#mold – @nickkahler on Tumblr

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.

Edward Bernays, Propaganda, 1928

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Artists are ghetto-ized by commercialism, so to break that mold and to deal with the other potentials of sculpture takes another aspiration.

Richard Serra, Interview with Charlie Rose, 2001

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After a hiatus of perhaps as long as forty years, sculpture is again leading the contemporary art discourse. Not all sculpture, but a particular kind that isn't cast, carved or molded, but rather built, sewn, glued or tied together. It often has many components, some of which are found, some of which are made and some of which are detritus.

Laura Hoptman, "Going to Pieces in the 21st Century" from Unmonumental, 2007

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