Rowena reed kostellow biography of william

“Alexander Kostellow was a juggler—a genius at keeping all the balls in the air,” Ron Beckman says. “Rowena Reed only juggled one ball, but she could do everything with it.” Three-dimensional form-making was Rowena Reed’s magnificent obsession and after the death of her partner in life and work she took the study of three-dimensional abstraction into an entirely new realm.

“Kostellow created the foundation course in three dimensional visual abstraction that Rowena Reed considered key, based on years of his own study of the abstract intelligence of the best of western art and design,” explained William Fogler who studied with Reed and Kostellow at Pratt and became one of the first of many former students to join the Industrial Design faculty.

“In contrast, the advanced courses in visual abstraction created by her were based only on her, on what she saw. His contribution was eclectic, it embraces the best insights to be found in Western art; her contribution was egocen