New York art critic Liam Otero published a feature in Whitehot Magazine reviewing Don Porcaro: Lost Stories, the sculptor's recent solo exhibition curated by James Cavello at Westwood Gallery NYC.
Otero highlights the artist’s deep engagement with materiality, form, and history, emphasizing how Porcaro's Lost Stories series evokes imagined histories and artifacts of ancient civilizations while also prompting questions of meaning across time. Smaller objects from the companion Art or Fact series further explore this dialogue, presenting forms that are both unfamiliar and evocative of cultural artifacts. Otero notes Porcaro’s ability to balance architectural resonance with imaginative narratives, suggesting that the works invite viewers to reconsider how we read visual history and the sculptural presence of stone itself.
Discussing a visit to the sculptor's studio, Otero reflects on Porcaro's sources of natural and art historical inspiration, which range from Mayan architecture to the Modernist sculptures of Constantin Brâncuși. The article also explores Porcaro's past public commissioned projects, which include sculptures for the New Jersey Transit Lite Rail, the City Center of Portoroz, Slovenia, the Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey, as well as the Kouros Sculpture Park in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
