Cooper Union publication lauds Archipenko exhibit

NEW YORK - The New York Times lauded the Alexander Archipenko exhibit as an "impressive exhibition ... splendidly installed by the Morris Sato Studio," reads the fall 2005 issue of At Cooper, in an article that focused on the accomplishments of two of Cooper Union's alums, Michael Morris and Yoshiko Sato.

It was Mr. Morris and Ms. Sato's mounting of Archipenko's most radical sculptures on translucent platforms illuminated from beneath and above that received the most praise from the university publication. The two artists said they felt honored to be chosen to design the exhibit of the Ukrainian's sculptures at the new Ukrainian Museum.

It was the commission to design The Ukrainian Museum's inaugural exhibition "Alexander Archipenko: Vision and Continuity" that allowed Morris and Sato, whose studio is located on East 12th Street in Manhattan, "to give something back to the community."

The article notes that the exhibit was "well-attended by many people both new to and familiar with the life and work of this Ukrainian national hero," and that "the exhibition was recently visited by Ukraine's esteemed President Viktor Yushchenko."

The exhibition, which included 65 Archipenko sculptures, was displayed from April 3 to September 18, 2005, at The Ukrainian Museum at 222 E. Sixth St. in Manhattan - less than a block from Cooper Union. Another great accomplishment of the exhibit noted by At Cooper was the Morris Sato Studio's virtual recreation of Archipenko's lost 1912 masterpiece "Medrano I."

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, April 9, 2006, No. 15, Vol. LXXIV

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