Frederick L. Sandback

Minimalist sculptor Fred Sandback made this corner piece and exhibited it at Dwan Gallery in New York when he was still an MFA candidate at Yale University. He subsequently became well known for using simple lines of colored yarn to define architectural space and make its volume almost palpable. Sandback wanted to create sculpture that has no inside so that it can be both totally open and have volume at the same time. This corner sculpture is composed of three geometric units, each of which is made from two vertical lengths of elastic cord, coated with fluorescent orange acrylic paint, and two horizontal right angles of painted steel fittings. It is the only one of a series of eight possible permutations that Sandback executed.