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Revealing the role of nature as source, subject and site in David Smith’s art
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David Smith
The Nature of Sculpture
Spanning the full career of the sculptor David Smith (1906–65), this study features some fifty sculptures alongside related paintings, reliefs and works on paper to reclaim the primacy of nature within his expansive oeuvre.
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Smith’s adventurous approach to three-dimensional form has permanently expanded the vocabulary and range of sculptural practice. The first American artist to make welded metal sculptures and incorporate industrial means in his work, Smith’s enlistment
of nature as material and prime setting for his art was equally innovative. As explored in the book’s introduction, reflections by the artist’s daughters and an essay by Jed Morse, Smith’s creative vision is firmly rooted in landscape and the natural world.
of nature as material and prime setting for his art was equally innovative. As explored in the book’s introduction, reflections by the artist’s daughters and an essay by Jed Morse, Smith’s creative vision is firmly rooted in landscape and the natural world.
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Ed. Suzanne Ramljak
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Contributions by S. Ramljak, J. Morse, C. Smith, R. Smith. Including texts by David Smith
144 pages, 160 illustrations,25.4 × 22.9 cm / 10 × 9 in., hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-7774-4372-0
Events
Grand Rapids
| Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
Keywords
21st century, contemporary art, sculpture
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