David Smith: Points of Power

Mathias Rastorfer, Candida Smith, Sarah Hamill, Krystyna Gmurzynska, Dr David Smith Msn RN, Sally Fisher

ISBN 10: 3905792087 / ISBN 13: 9783905792089

Published by Galerie Gmurzynska, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: David Smith: Points of Power
• Publisher: Galerie Gmurzynska
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3905792087
• ISBN 13: 9783905792089
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 27.94W x 2.79H x 30.48D centimeters 27.94 centimeters width by 2.79 centimeters height by 30.48 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1678 grams

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Synopsis

David Smith: Points of Power is the first publication to trace the figurative impulse running throughout the oeuvre of Abstract Expressionist sculptor and painter David Smith (1906–1965). Beautifully designed and printed, it provides a broad overview of his figurative explorations in painting, sculpture, photography and ceramics, which intensified in the years before his death. Most of these are female nudes, worked by Smith into strong, calligraphic forms that often extend the viscous fluidity of enamel (on canvas or linen) into near-abstraction. Smith’s ceramic plates offer an even broader range of figurative treatments, from a few minimal incised lines to more defined nudes evoking Greek pottery. The catalogue features an introduction by the artist’s daughter, Candida Smith, as well as a scholarly essay by Sarah Hamill and a wealth of archival photographs by Alexander Liberman, taken during the last weekend of Smith’s life.