Page 37 - Studio International - October 1967

Extreme right Triangle
steel and fur
Centre Heart
painted sheet metal
Background Waterfall
painted sheet metal 6 ft. high

of the composition. Triangle was essentially a study in up and out some seven feet into space. (Originally, Dine
volume relationships, bounded by the thin metal bars. In had thought of doing a 'Layered Building' : stacked
contrast to Triangle, the Heart—constructed of sheet squares resting atop one another as it climbed into space.)
metal—was entirely mass, and the two pieces complement- The first four pieces—two opened, two closed forms—were
ed each other perfectly: Tor the first time', Dine noted, as yet unaltered: simple, natural metal finishes reflecting
`I feel these pieces don't need a support, a canvas behind the full glare of Dine's studio lights. Yet Dine was quick
them. They can stand by themselves.' to point out that: 'I don't want to keep the surface of
Only after the Heart arrived from the sheet metal shop these pieces the way they are now. In the first place there
in Dine's studio and leaned next to Triangle, did the artist are seams I want to cover up. I'm not interested in the
begin his sketches for the third object. Also executed at natural thing anymore, although I'm seduced by it. All
the sheet metal plant, the third object—Tube—was a nine- of these pieces could be executed in sheet metal, but I
foot-high seamless cylinder of 24 gauge sheet metal. want variety, although I do like the permanence of
Already the three pieces were crowding the studio, and sheet metal.'
at this point, radical changes were made in the original Waterfall, a large sheet metal object some six feet high
scheme: 'When I add a piece the project changes, as was the fifth piece to enter Dine's studio, followed by the
everything changes, and I ask myself what the next piece large sheet metal Lips. Both were executed at the sheet
will be'. At this point, there seemed to be a greater metal shop after rather elaborate drawings and consulta-
concern for balance and unity in the composition. tions by Dine. It was at this stage—early December—with
Bent Building, like its brother the Triangle, was another the first six pieces in the studio that the artist began
open-formed structure welded out of steel bars; but the altering the surfaces of Triangle, Heart, Tube, Bent Building,
presentation of the form is entirely unbalanced, bobbling Waterfall, and Lips. Rolling on a smooth coat of mustard