Jacqueline Keren, Metroland Magazine
“Like Noah Savett's long journeys from sketch to sculpture, his own career progress has been slow, measured, and ultimately rewarding”
James K. Kettlewell, Professor Emeritus of Art History, Skidmore College
“I think of Noah Savett's art as great, in the way great art is great... for its power and its profundity - what I like to call the "Beethoven's Fifth effect." Greatness can be a quality of art that has to be noted, in the same way one notes the medium and the scale.
However, you would almost never encounter the word "great" in contemporary art criticism, no matter what the writer thinks of the artist's work. However, as an art historian, my experience is largely with artists who people do not hesitate to refer to as "great," and greatness in art is a quality we recognize and talk about. In the case of Noah Savett, it is one more way of describing what he has achieved.”
Jim Goss, Artist
“If all goes well, there comes a time in an artist's life when they stop looking over their shoulder to see what others are doing. Noah Savett has not been looking over his shoulder. When artists have their own focus and dedicate themselves to the truth of their work they will produce mature work.
They may even produce great work. Noah Savett is producing such work. His focus can be found in the selection of drawings and sculptures in this exhibition. Art can be many things, and there are many things it cannot be. One thing is for sure though, and that is that there is a great history on this earth of Sculpture. A history of people making objects of beauty, objects of invention and curiousity. To understand and appreciate this history is a prerequisite to participating in the continuation of that history.
Noah Savett has a reverence for that history. The evidence is in his drawings and and sculptures. The frequenters of Art exhibitions are always looking for something. They hope to find an exhibition that speaks to them. They hope that the work has something to say, and what is said speaks with clarity and purity. To find such work and to find such an exhibition is always a reward for their dedication to looking. This exhibition is one of those rewards for the spectator. Thank you Noah, and thank you Kirkland Art Center.”
Noah Savett
May 1, 2007 by Jackie Keren
Johnstown, New York
Noah Savett has been working in steel…see the full review in May’s magazine.
Noah Savett’s sculptural works are a study in paradox. Known for transforming the cold rigidity of steel into fluid, organic forms, Savett draws inspiration from the inherent qualities of his materials. His sculptures possess a strange beauty, often incorporating whimsical elements that contrast with their industrial strength. Savett’s artistic process is deeply methodical, the result of hundreds of sketches and extensive planning, yet his pieces retain a playful, almost spontaneous energy. His ability to manipulate steel to appear simultaneously permanent and plastic speaks to the tension between creation and destruction—a perfect embodiment of the duality that underpins this exhibition.