David Smith: Origins and Innovations

Peter Stevens

ISBN 10: 3906915123 / ISBN 13: 9783906915128

Published by Hauser and Wirth, CH, 2018

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An in-depth examination of the pioneering work of David Smith that sheds new light on the renowned artist's lasting artistic legacy.Dedicated to an in-depth examination of David Smith, Origins and Innovations brings together the artist's early paintings, drawings, and sculptures, alongside seminal later works that reimagine the possibilities of abstraction in three dimensions. This presentation investigates the origins of a renowned artistic innovator, highlighting Smith's exploration and embrace of diverse sources that inspired a radically new language for sculpture. Shown not as a linear narrative, but as a rich and dynamic whole, the publication and exhibition reveal surprising juxtapositions that shed new light on Smith's lasting artistic legacy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: David Smith: Origins and Innovations
• Publisher: Hauser and Wirth, CH
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3906915123
• ISBN 13: 9783906915128
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 9.9W x 1.1H x 11.7D inches 9.9 inches width by 1.1 inches height by 11.7 inches depth
• Weight: 1580 grams

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Synopsis

Origins & Innovations brings together David Smith's (1906–65) early paintings, drawings and sculptures, alongside seminal later works that reimagine the possibilities of abstraction in three dimensions. This presentation investigates the origins of a renowned artistic innovator, highlighting Smith's exploration and embrace of diverse sources that inspired a radically new language for sculpture. Shown not as a linear narrative but as a rich and dynamic whole, the publication reveals surprising juxtapositions that shed new light on Smith's lasting artistic legacy.

In a new essay, Edith Devaney, Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, explores Smith's practice as it relates to and goes beyond the relevant movements of his time such as cubism and abstract expressionism. His willingness to approach artmaking from multiple vantage points―drawing, painting, photography and, of course, sculpture―was the basis of his artistic method and the source of his oeuvre's dynamism.