KENNETH SNELSON Forces Made Visible

Eleanor Heartney Kenneth Snelson

ISBN 10: 1555952437 / ISBN 13: 9781555952433

Published by Hard Press Editions, Massachusetts, 2009

About this Item

Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; Signed and dated by Kenneth Snelson on title page. ; 12.1 X 11.1 X 1.0 inches; 193 pages; Signed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 155173

Bibliographic Details

• Title: KENNETH SNELSON Forces Made Visible
• Publisher: Hard Press Editions, Massachusetts
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555952437
• ISBN 13: 9781555952433
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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Synopsis

Kenneth Snelson's sculpture is a familiar presence in public plazas and museum galleries around the world. Composed of steel or aluminum tubes held together with tension wires, they defy gravity while assuming intricate and evocative configurations that seem to extend impossibly into space. This richly illustrated overview of Snelson's remarkable five-decade career reveals a lifelong exploration of the structures of nature. Snelson has also been engaged for many years in dialogue with physicists and mathematicians over the structure of the atom and the problems posed by quantum mechanics. Comprised of photo essays that track Snelson's artistic and personal development and his working process, as well as an analytical text by Eleanor Heartney, this book offers a full rounded portrait of a man charged with having designs on the universe. Artist website: http://www.kennethsnelson.net/

Synopsis

Kenneth Snelson's sculpture is a familiar presence in public plazas and museum galleries around the world. Composed of steel or aluminium tubes held together with tension wires, they defy gravity while assuming intricate and evocative configurations that seem to extend impossibly into space. This richly illustrated overview of Snelson's remarkable five-decade career reveals a lifelong exploration of the structures of nature. Snelson has also been engaged for many years in dialogue with physicists and mathematicians over the structure of the atom and the problems posed by quantum mechanics. Comprised of photo essays which track Snelson's artistic and personal development and his working process, as well as an analytical text by Eleanor Heartney, this book offers a full rounded portrait of a man charged with having 'designs on the universe'.