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Not an Object, Not a Monument<br />
Tony Smith: <strong>The</strong> Complete Large Scale Sculptures<br />
Between 1960 and 1980, <strong>the</strong> year <strong>of</strong> his death, Tony Smith produced 47 large-scale outdoor sculptures. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
sculptures were both revolutionary and vastly influential. This publication is <strong>the</strong> first to bring toge<strong>the</strong>r all <strong>the</strong>se works in<br />
a single volume, chronologically exploring <strong>the</strong> developments in Smith’s significant body <strong>of</strong> work.<br />
Fabricated in steel and painted black, Smith’s sculpture evolved from early minimal works to monumental pieces <strong>of</strong><br />
great geometric intricacy. An architect working under Frank Lloyd Wright and a painter who was a close friend to<br />
Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman, Smith was always concerned with <strong>the</strong> potential <strong>of</strong> purified form and color. His<br />
sculpture, which he approached late in life, solidifies <strong>the</strong>se investigations, many <strong>of</strong> his first distilled forms becoming<br />
components <strong>of</strong> his later larger works.<br />
This volume also includes excerpts <strong>of</strong> interviews with Smith, highlighting <strong>the</strong> artist’s passionate approach to sculpture.<br />
Tony Smith was born in 1912. Initially acclaimed as an architect and painter, Smith did not concentrate on or exhibit his<br />
sculpture until 1961. From <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> his first one-person museum exhibition to that <strong>of</strong> his death, Smith established<br />
himself as one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most important and influential artists <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> twentieth century. His work continues to be widely<br />
shown, most recently including solo museum exhibitions at <strong>the</strong> Museum <strong>of</strong> Modern Art, New York, in 1998; and IVAM,<br />
Valencia, in 2002; as well as permanent installations at museums and public spaces in major cities throughout <strong>the</strong> world.<br />
Not an Object, Not a Monument<br />
Tony Smith: <strong>The</strong> Complete Large Scale Sculptures<br />
With text by Tony Smith<br />
Book design by Bernard Fischer<br />
104 pages, 54 tritone plates<br />
9.8 x 12.9 in. / 25 x 33 cm<br />
Hardcover<br />
$ 30.00 / £ 20.00 / R 30.00<br />
ISBN: 978-3-86521-313-6<br />
PostScript Bild<br />
(9783865213136)<br />
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