Matt King's Top Ten (links by SM)
Matt says: "Here's my top ten list, but I will add that this is a Top Ten for Sculpture Only - and I should add that this is a totally biased New York Based list."

1. Robert Smithson - @ Dia:Beacon - A pile of dirt and a mirror, 35 years ago. Does anyone take these risks anymore?
   
   
2. Tony Cragg - for not succumbing to the impulse towards assemblage.
   
   
3. Pam Lins - "In Spite of This" @ Ten in One - for leaving sawdust and pushpins inside her weird wall sculptures. Super cool.
   
   
4. Franz West - not the massive pieces at Gagosian, but the smaller ones in back. Such a disgusting and awkward use of paper mache warrants some kind of award.
   
   
5. David Altmejd - "Clear Structures for a New Generation" @ Ten in One (2 on the list! you go, gallery) - despite some sloppy construction, the gluey rhinestones in the wig creeped me out. Now that takes talent.
   
   
6. Ross Knight - for making industrial materials interesting and not in "a Jessica Stockholder kinda way."
   
   
7. Vincent Fecteau (for image follow link and scroll down - ed.) - back room @ Feature - A summer camp arts 'n' crafts instructor takes on micro PoMo architecture. Works for me.
   
   
8. Joel Shapiro - @ Pace - I know, Joel friggin' Shapiro? But yes, this is the first interesting work he's done in years. As if someone came in the studio and shook his pieces up until they almost fell apart. Rock on!
   
   
9. Liz Larner @ 303 - those bases, that color. Los Angeles must be super nice.
   
   
10. Ken Price / Josiah McElheny - dual prize for pushing the envelope on sculptural "eye candy." I'd like to see this work show up on Antique Roadshow some day.