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Jul 8, 2022 · Light Up, 1974. Light Up is a colorful steel plate public art sculpture that Tony Smith created and dedicated on May 15, 1974. The piece was installed at the Forbes Quadrangle at the University of Pittsburg, between Posvar Hall, the Barco Law Building, and Hillman Library.
4 days ago · We Lost, 1962, Steel. Tony Smith (American) Standing before the Singh Center for Nanotechnology, one can spot the ten-foot modern steel sculpture, We Lost, by minimalist artist Tony Smith (1912-1980).
Sep 12, 2024 · Often cited as a pioneering figure in American minimalist sculpture, Tony Smith’s work is created with a mathematical precision. Though, his artworks are not as simple as they appear. Smith incorporates slight geometric discrepancies that forces the viewer to look beyond the object’s literal nature.
Sep 10, 2024 · Contributed by Michael Brennan / As a boy, the sculptor Tony Smith – a canonically important and under-appreciated American sculptor who connects AbEx and Minimalism, equally at home with Pollock and Serra – suffered from tuberculosis so severe that his father built him a small shed in the backyard of their South Orange, New Jersey, home ...
Sep 8, 2024 · Art Students League of New York. Minimal art. Abstract Expressionism. View all related overviews »
Sep 5, 2024 · Tony Smith. John Adams. Ellsworth Kelly. Richard Serra. Yayoi Kusama. Minimalism, chiefly American movement in the visual arts and music originating in New York City in the late 1960s and characterized by extreme simplicity of form and a literal, objective approach.
Aug 25, 2024 · Tony Smith said, “one has to experience art, not just stand in front of it.” Smith's work has more shape. He still is using the language of geometry, but his work blends the aspects of the scale of architecture; you could work in, around it, and through it, as well as sculpture.
