Ironhorse

The New York Times Quotes Professor David Raskin on Abbott Pattison’s Iron Horse

Mohn Family Professor of Contemporary Art History David Raskin was quoted in a New York Times story about Abbott Pattison’s Iron Horse, offering insight into the sculpture’s artistic significance and its evolving legacy. Originally installed at the University of Georgia in 1954, Iron Horse was ahead of its time, eventually gaining widespread recognition as a celebrated landmark. Raskin, a leading scholar of modern and contemporary art at SAIC, contextualizes Pattison’s work within the broader history of public sculpture and modernist aesthetics