BE THEREPersonagePresented by Gagosian Gallery March 10, 2006- April 15, 2006Reception: March 10, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmDavid Smith
This exhibition will concentrate on Smith's continued return to the motif of the human figure. Curated by Candida Smith and Peter Stevens of the David Smith Estate, the exhibition will include important loans from the Brooklyn Museum and Storm King Art Center, as well as from private collections and the estate of the artist. Many of the works are being exhibited for the first time. When David Sylvester questioned Smith in his historic 1961 series of interviews, he asked whether it was correct to see personages in the seemingly abstract sculptures Smith was creating at the time. Smith replied: "They don't start that way…[I] can't get away from it. There is no such thing as truly abstract. Man always has to work from his life." It is, in essence, the human form that forms the basis of Smith's abstraction. A fully illustrated catalogue, including many previously unpublished photographs taken by Smith, will accompany this exhibition. The photographs document Smith's sculptures and his placement of them in relationship to each other. The catalogue will also feature an essay by Alex Potts. "David Smith: Personage" will travel to Gagosian Gallery, London in November 2006.
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