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* Read * The Fields of David Smith by Irving Sandler, Jerry L. Thompson Á eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Fields of David Smith Corinne Whitaker said The Sculpture of David Smith. When David Smith died in 1966 he left his own personal field of dreams at his home/studio in upstate New York. Over 80 gigantic sculptures populated the grounds, pitting man against nature and daring to compete in size and moxie with the mountains around them.After an initial flirtation with New York City, Smith retreated to the solitude of the Adirondacks. These mountains formed a somb. Dani Shuping (aka Andy) said Fantastic photographs. When
| Title | : | The Fields of David Smith |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.64 (505 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0500019088 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 143 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
The aim of the curators has been to recapture the experience of viewing Smith's work during his lifetime, when it was deployed in ever-changing arrangements in his fields at Bolton Landing in the Adirondacks. An essay by Smith's daughter, Candida, captures in personal and direct terms the man himself, his struggles and delights, and the intensity of his working life. The text is accompanied by photographs by fellow artists and by Smith himself. This is followed by a memoir from Irving Sandler and reminiscences by friends of the artist. The balance of the book is an album of the evolving Storm King exhibition, featuring major work by Smith sent from collections all over the country. The celebration of a three-year exhibition in the Storm King Art Center in Mountainsville, New York. Thompson, a photographer of sculpture, has captured Smith's work in the summer and snow, and
After David Smith's untimely death in 1965, row upon row of extraordinary abstract sculptures were discovered in the grassy fields that surround the artist's home and studio at Bolton Landing in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. He meant for it to stand up to anything: nature, aesthetics, anything"); Anthony Caro ("He made his life around sculpture and I think he taught me that"); and Mark di Suvero, ("He had the animal energy of an industrial worker, the capacity, the craftsmanship and the will of an original artist, and he drank his booze in a way that made me shudder. Smith's sculpture fields there provide the inspiration for this book, published to coincide with a three-year exhibition (1997 to 1999) of the wor
Corinne Whitaker said The Sculpture of David Smith. When David Smith died in 1966 he left his own personal field of dreams at his home/studio in upstate New York. Over 80 gigantic sculptures populated the grounds, pitting man against nature and daring to compete in size and moxie with the mountains around them.After an initial flirtation with New York City, Smith retreated to the solitude of the Adirondacks. These mountains formed a somb. Dani Shuping (aka Andy) said Fantastic photographs. When I buy art books the written content is secondary to the photographs of the artwork that are in the book. For me, I have to have clear pictures that accurately capture details and colors of the work. And this book definitely meets that standard for me. The images are sharp and crystal clear, accurately capturing David's sculptures from the tiniest welds to the full piece in all of i. TIM F TAYLOR said Five Stars. excellent book--and service
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