In 1975, William Rubin argued he merely vulgarized the style of abstract expressionism set forth by Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. When Pax Jerusalemme was installed in a prominent spot in front of the Legion of Honor in 2000, Kenneth Baker in the San Francisco Chronicle dismissed it as "mediocre." But remarking on the installation of the artist's colossal E=MC 2 at the Storm King Art Center, Jason Farago in the New York Times'' wrote that di Suvero "understands better than almost any artist the distinction between size and scale—and this serene work, breathing easy in Storm King's largest field, feels as approachable as a family member." Honors and awards 2000: International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award 2005: Winner in the Arts and Humanities category at the 11th Annual Heinz Awards, which came with a $250,000 prize. 2010: Medal of the Archives of American Art by the Smithsonian Institution Winner of the National Medal of Arts, presented on March 2, 2011, by President Barack Obama. 2013: American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal See also Park Place Gallery John Raymond Henry Abstract expressionism References External links National Medal of Arts biography The Heinz Awards biography ISC Lifetime Achievement Award Mark di Suvero and di Suvero family papers, 1934-2005, at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art Socrates Sculpture Park website Patients' Stories. Mark Di Suvero. 1933 births Living people University of California, Santa Barbara alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni United States National Medal of Arts recipients Artists with disabilities American male sculptors 20th-century American sculptors 21st-century American sculptors 21st-century American male artists Artists from Shanghai Artists from San Francisco Sculptors from California Italian emigrants to the United States City College of San Francisco alumni People from Petaluma, California 20th-century American male artists