Saturday, June 25, 2011

Alan Shields



Alan Shields, at Greenberg Van Doren.


Dance Bag, 1985

I've been loving his work since first seeing it in the High Times, Hard Times show at the Weatherspoon.




1984


detail


1980-81

He was into Buckminster Fuller's dome-style architecture and was imagining work built for future geodesic dome houses, spaces without conventional flat walls.


reverse


1971-73, cylinder... hangs by a center cable, slowly rotates



Alan Shields
beads paint thread cloth


Alan Shields.

Totally primed me for loving Lauren Luloff
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3 comments:

  1. ejauchincloss6/26/2011 10:22 PM

    lovely playful.
    reminds me of a painter version of B Wurtz! Hve u seen his show at metro pictures?

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  2. Martin6/27/2011 7:19 PM

    i haven't seen the B. Wurtz show but i'd like to... not coming down again until a couple days before i leave for Istanbul 7/27!

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  3. ejauchincloss6/27/2011 9:35 PM

    wowza! have fun in istanbul!

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