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Abstract Expressionism

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Abstract Expressionist Sculpture

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Questions

What makes something a sculpture? What makes something a painting?

What kinds of materials do sculptors use to make art?

What kinds of choices do artists make when creating sculptures?

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Take a close look at Sky Cathedral, by Louise Nevelson…

• Describe this work. What shapes do you see? What kind of materials do you think she used?

• How is this work like a painting?

• How is this work like a sculpture?

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Louise Nevelson. Sky Cathedral. 1958

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Let’s take a look at Australia, by David Smith

• What words would you use to describe the lines and shapes in this sculpture?

• What materials did he use?

• Smith’s sculptures are often characterized as “drawing in space.”

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David Smith. Australia. 1951

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• How are these sculptures similar? How are they different?

Let’s compare Smith’s and Nevelson’s sculptures

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Louise Nevelson. Sky Cathedral. 1958

David Smith. Australia. 1951

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Louise Nevelson. Sky Cathedral. 1958

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David Smith. Australia. 1951

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Isamu Noguchi. My Pacific (Polynesian Culture). 1942

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Louise Bourgeois. Sleeping Figure, II. 1959

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