Artist Nick Cave’s sculptural Soundsuits exemplify the whimsical, somewhat off-kilter conceptual art that Sloan is drawn to. “It’s not what you expect to find in the middle of historic Charleston,” he says.
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Mark Sloan arrived at the Halsey Gallery in 1994 and has since transformed it into an acclaimed Institute for Contemporary Art. The Aldwyth show (pictured here) was the first in HICA’s expanded facility—and one of his favorites.
For the past quarter-century, the Halsey director and chief curator has taken chances, championing the odd and overlooked, and in doing so, transformed a small college gallery into an internationally known hub of contemporary art
