Description
Louise Nevelson emerged as a leading New York School sculptor during the mid-50s. She based the structural framework of her sculpture on Constructivist principles, its spatial organization on Picassos Cubism, and her use of materials on the Surrealists proclivity for found objects. The three principles themes of her work: royalty, marriage, and death, are reflected in her choice of colors: gold, white, and black. In Atmosphere and Environment V, the twenty-four individual boxes, secured with bolts and cap screws, house precise, elegant constructions, and, like a three-dimensional collage, they are subtly connected by related geometric elements that draw the viewers eye from one unit to another. The structure is further activated by changing light conditions. The significant difference between the earlier solid walls and these new fabrications is found in Nevelsons allusions to landscape as seen through the frames of the metal environment.
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Details
- Work Date:
- 1966
- Location:
- Corning Tower Plaza Lobby
- Dimensions:
- 8'-1/8" x 8'-6" x 27'-1 1/2"
- Medium:
- enamel on aluminum