David Smith in Two Dimensions: Photography and the Matter of Sculpture

by Sarah Hamill

How does photography shape the way we see sculpture? In David Smith in Two Dimensions , Sarah Hamill broaches this question through an in-depth consideration of the photography of American sculptor David Smith (1906-1965). Smith was a modernist known for radically shifting the terms of sculpture, a medium traditionally defined by casting, modeling, and carving. He was the first to use industrial welding as a sustained technique for large-scale sculpture,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520280342
• ISBN13: 9780520280342
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 10.3"