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American
(1918–1996)
#13
1955
Steel
33.6 x 15 in. (85.344 x 38.1 cm)
Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation
1991.45
Following a dry spell in his productivity as a painter, in 1949 Sidney Gordin made his first sculptures, an alternative activity that suited someone who had learned welding and soldering as a youth and loved to make things with his hands. By the 1950s, as abstract expressionism dominated art-critical discourse and its practitioners were heralded for their spontaneous painting techniques, Gordin was using a similarly free approach in his sculptural constructions, though with strikingly different results. While abstract expressionist painting was emotionally charged and often considered autobiographical, Gordin’s geometric sculptures appear cool, structured, and architectural. Nevertheless, like the painters of the day, Gordin began each work with an intuitive approach.
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