For the past several months I have been working on an amazing exhibition—David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy—as part of my job at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The show opened yesterday and, if I do say so myself, it looks great! The idea behind the exhibition is to trace the artist's geometric impulse throughout his career, trying to debunk the myth that Smith was purely an Abstract Expressionist who only turned to concrete form at the end of his life. With that said, the show features exquisite examples of the artist's work from the 1930s through the 1960s, including his rarely exhibited, but thoroughly fascinating, photographs.
David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy is on view until January 8, 2012. Learn more about the exhibition here.
Image credits (bottom three works):
David Smith (1906-1965)
Zig III, 1961
(detail)
Painted steel
93 x 124 x 61 in. (236.2 x 315.0 x 154.9 cm)
The Estate of David Smith, New York, Courtesy Gagosian
Gallery
© The Estate of David Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New York.
Photo by Jerry L. Thompson
David Smith (1906-1965)
Cubi I, 1963
Stainless steel
124 x 34 ½ x 33 ½ in. (315 x 87.6 x 85.1 cm)
Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Special
Purchase Fund
© The Estate of David Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New
York.
Photo © Detroit Institute of Arts/licensed by The
Bridgeman Art Library
David Smith (1906-1965)
Untitled,
1963
Spray enamel on paper
14 x 19 in. (35.6 x 48.3 cm)
Jon and Mary Shirley
© The Estate of David Smith/Licensed by VAGA, New
York.
Photo courtesy of the Estate of David Smith, NY
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