Futuristic Carnegie Artist

Among all of the artists whose cutting-edge art works are included in the 2004-5 Carnegie International at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, one artist stands out like Jules Verne at a sci-fi writers convention - reclusive, 73 year old Lee Bontecou - one of the few women artists to achieve broad recognition in the mid-20th century. Her sculptures look like something straight out of science-fiction novels. They appear to be old satellites or spaceships once built by some far-off civilization. Irish Art