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Medardo Rosso. Aetas aurea (Golden Age), late 1885-1886. Wax with plaster interior, 19 x 18 1/4 x 14 in. (48.3 x 46.4 x 35.6 cm). Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas. Photograph by David Heald.

Medardo Rosso: Experiments in Light and Form

When: Fri., Nov. 11, 6-9 p.m., Wednesdays, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Thursdays, Fridays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Continues through May 13 2017

Italian sculptor Medardo Rosso was ahead of his time. Rather than creating heroic sculptures of figures from myth or doing a lucrative business in the monumental bronzes that were popular in the late nineteenth century, Rosso's sculptures seem to be caught emerging from bronze or wax. These almost-manifesting faces and forms are incredibly responsive to light, giving his work a fluid, ephemeral nature not often associated with sculpture. Medardo Rosso: Experiments in Light and Form, the new exhibition at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation (3716 Washington Boulevard; www.pulitzerarts.org), includes almost 100 examples of the artist's best work, including some of his photographs and drawings. Experiments in Light and Form opens with a free reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, November 11. The show continues through May 13, and the museum is open Wednesday through Saturday. Admission is free.

— Paul Friswold