Space at R.S.

Joseph Perrin, Published by Rolling Stone Press

1989

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The object is an oversized bronze sculpture of a reclining, longhaired female nude with an up-turned face. The figure rests on a fabric which drapes over a twelve-inch high base. The surface has a warm brown patina. The whole sculpture currently rests on base that raises it 21 inches off the ground. In this sculpture, Botero reinterpreted the odalisque, merging characteristics of primitive fertility goddesses with the voluptuous women of Rubens, Renoir, or Titian. Botero concentrates the heft in his figures at their center to attain the highest degree of volumetric expression and linear precision. His figures have been dubbed "Boteromorphs." Botero's art reflect the culture of his native Medellín, where pre-Columbian aesthetic traditions intermingle with the lingering influence of medieval Spanish Catholicism. Botero has also absorbed the influences of Diego Rivera, Henri Matisse, and others.
Steam Vent -- Landmannalaugar, Eliot Porter, dye-transfer print
Untitled, James Harold Jennings, painted wood
Metal sculpture with a round, perforated base. The base is a gear with teeth on the sides and holes arranged in a circle in the middle. Three rods extend upwards from the base, one at a diagonal and the other two parallel. The parallel rods are joined by a triangular piece of metal with a rod extending from the top. The top of that rod has an upside down triangular piece of metal and an oblong face-like piece of metal. It’s also bisected by another rod that has pieces of metal arranged in curls. There are thin pieces of metal the bisect the face and top of the sculpture. .