David Smith: Form in Color

David Smith is widely considered one of the foremost artists of the 20th Century. For Smith, there was no conceptual boundary between scupture, painting, and drawing, and his works derive much of their power from this radically open-ended approach. Form in Color focuses on 20 works, created from 1958 until Smith’s sudden, untimely death in 1965—a period that saw a dramatic expansion in his ambition and productivity and brought the artist to the height of his creative powers, garnering international attention as the leading sculptor of his generation. Extensive illustrations and archival images offer an insight into Smith’s masterful use of form, color, geometry, and gesture, while texts by Peter Stevens, Michelle White and Neil Wenman offer insight into Smith’s pioneering practice.