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de HAMILL, SARAH
de HAMILL, SARAH
Profoundly influenced by the welded sculptures of Julio Gonz lez andof Picasso, David Smith devoted himself entirely to metal sculptures,constructing compositions from steel and scrap material. Almostsingle-handedly, Smith changed the nature of sculpture in America,giving it a passion, a seriousness and an identity it did notpreviously possess. With his vision, courage and his exquisiteaesthetic gifts, he paved the way for Donald Judd, Richard Serra andmany other American sculptors, who elaborated upon his formal andconceptual innovations and accepted his challenge to work and act inways that would assure that sculpture and sculptors in America wouldbe treated with respect. Before Smith, sculpture was a marginalactivity, after him, it was an essential part of the Americanimagination. Sarah Hamill, author of the book, besides selecting thewritings and the previously unpublished interview with poet FrankO’,Hara, wrote the central essay about the artist, drawingparticular attention to the tradition of iron sculpture and theartist’,s vital relationship with photography.
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