Natural Forms and Forces: Abstract Images in American Sculpture

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Organically shaped sculptures hang from the ceiling and walls. Each sculpture is spotlit, creating shadows on the floor.

Installation view, Natural Forms and Forces: Abstract Images in American Sculpture, MIT List Visual Arts Center, 1986.

Location
Hayden & Reference Galleries
Featured Artists
Lynda Benglis
Luca Buvoli
John Duff
Nancy Graves
Ellsworth Kelly
Michael Lekakis
John Newman
Martin Puryear
Theodore Roszak
Robert Smithson
Alan Saret
Richard Serra
Alan Stone
Ruth Vollmar
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The show reflects upon the enduring identification with natural forms and forces of the best American art of the 20th century. 

Fully-illustrated 68-page catalogue with essays by Douglas Dreishpoon and Katy Kline. 

Sponsors

This exhibition has been organized by the MIT Committee on the Visual Arts and Fine Arts Planning Group/Boston with generous support from Bank of Boston and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Images

Organically shaped sculptures hang from the ceiling and walls. Each sculpture is spotlit, creating shadows on the floor.
Organically shaped sculptures hang from gallery walls and rest on the floor. Each work has its own form, shape, and color. 
Organically shaped sculptures hang from the ceiling and walls. Each sculpture is spotlit, creating shadows on the floor.
Organically shaped sculptures hang from the ceiling and walls. Each sculpture is spotlit, creating shadows on the floor.

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Natural Forms and Forces: Abstract Images in American Sculpture

1986, MIT List Visual Arts Center

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