Fred Sandback Exhibition
Zwirner & Wirth
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In January and February 2009, David Zwirner and Zwirner & Wirth will present concurrent exhibitions of work by the American artist Fred Sandback (1943-2003).
Sandback’s work is characterized by minimalist sculptures that outline planes and volumes in space, producing perceptual illusions while also addressing their physical surroundings. By stretching lengths of metal or yarn horizontally, vertically, or diagonally in different scales and configurations, the artist developed a singular body of work that elaborated on the phenomenological experience of space and volume with unwavering consistency and ingenuity.
At Zwirner & Wirth, a selection of smaller-scale works will be on view, including examples of Sandback’s earliest sculptures, such as Untitled (Grey Corner Construction), 1968, a rectangular composition that appears to extend out from the corner and references the work of Russian constructivist Vladimir Tatlin, whose “corner constructions” of 1915–16 projected the work of art into the real space of the viewer. Also included is a work from 1969 in which lengths of braided stainless steel wire form a horizontal sequence of five subtly-reflective squares, mounted flat against the wall; and Untitled (Eight-part Vertical Construction), 1992, a composition of black, gray, white, and red lengths of yarn stretched vertically between floor and ceiling in perpendicular and parallel configurations that relate to the surrounding walls of the gallery.
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Schedule
from January 13, 2009 to February 28, 2009