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Our sculptural elliptical grand staircase was awarded New Mexico's best steel project for 2008, by an independent
juried panel of design and construction professionals. "Best of 2008" Steel Category, Southwest Contractor Magazine.
Awarded the "Special Jury Prize" by Southwest Contractor Magazine in their "Best Of 2006" Awards. The award is for our
sculptural and architectural metalwork installation, for the "Sky City Cultural Center and Haak'u Museum" in Acoma Pueblo,
located in Acoma, New Mexico.
Bibliographies/Selected reviews for Mark Knutson and the Kason Group:
Reviews:
- Roger Green - Art Critic for the "New Art Examiner". "Knutson's steel sculptures are uncommonly elegant and have a
provocative theoretical basis: by employing the physical properties of various materials as an allegorical device they evince social
concerns." Summer 1994
- Kay Whitney - Art Critic for the "New Mexico Alibi". "The concepts of his work are both substantial and relevant because
of his superb technical control. Knutson's objects are not only interesting conceptually, they are also visually elegant and
sophisticated." November 1996
- Hobey Echlin - Art Critic for the "Detroit Metro Times". "Knutson's work, large industrial sculptures, combine the
majesty of its materials - metal and concrete - with a frailty, grace and finality...(he)gives his inanimate materials a strange
static energy." August 4 through 10 1993; Pg. 49
Bibliographies:
- Southwest Contractor - "Best of 2008" Sculptural Elliptical Grand Staircase, December 2008, Pg. 116
- Southwest Contractor - "Best of 2006, Sky City Cultural Center and Haak'u Museum", December 2006, Pg. 102
- Sources + Design - "Artisan, Mark Knutson, Kason Group, Tijeras, New Mexico", Jan.-Feb. 2007, Pgs. 42-43
- New Mexico Business Weekly - "Artist funnels passion into architectural creations", July 21 - 27th, 2006; Vol. 13, No. 17; Pgs. 1, 13 and 14
- New Mexico Business Journal - "Art and Architecture", July 2006; Vol. 30, No. 7; Pgs. 12 and 13
- Santa Fe Trend Magazine - Winter/Spring 2002, Vol. 2, Issue 2; Pgs. 28, 29 and 31
- Santa Fe Trend Magazine - Summer/Fall 2001, Vol. 2, Issue 1; Pgs. 60 and 64
- Architectural Record Online - architecuturalrecord.com - Places of Worship; B'nai Israel Synagogue; People and Products. November 2001
- Inland Architect - "Circle in the square" - (group review) November/December 1988; Pgs. 40 through 45
- Albuquerque Journal - "Sculptor gets his ideas of the wall" (Interview) October 27, 1996 Section D; Pgs. 1 and 6
- Detroit News - "Exhibits" - (group review) February 25, 1994 Pg. 11D
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