OBJECT/SHADOW - Larry Kagan Sculpture
OBJECT/SHADOW - Larry Kagan Sculpture
OBJECT/SHADOW - Larry Kagan Sculpture
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Object/Shadow: Notes on<br />
a Developing Art Form*<br />
Object/shadow is my term for a new category<br />
of sculpture that I have been working<br />
on for the past dozen years. The term defines<br />
a condition wherein a solid component<br />
of the sculpture casts a specific shadow that<br />
completes the artwork. <strong>Sculpture</strong> traditionally<br />
relies on mass to create its form.<br />
Shadow-art derives primarily from the novelty<br />
of the silhouette. Object/shadow need<br />
both the solid and the shadow in order to<br />
exist. And, by virtue of their dual nature,<br />
they exhibit surprising visual behavior that<br />
defies our visualization rules for objects…<br />
<strong>Larry</strong> <strong>Kagan</strong><br />
*Excerpts in the catalog are from the publiction Art from Start<br />
to Finish, Chapter 9. Edited by Howard S. Becker, Robert R.<br />
Faulkner, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. The University of<br />
Chicago Press, Chicago London. © 2006 University of Chicago.<br />
By written permission.<br />
Box II, 2000 Pump, 2001<br />
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