Page 49 - Studio International - May 1968

Left Robert Morris Steam 1967-8
'Sculpture. For want of a better term, that grouping of work which does not
present obvious information content or singularity of focus. It is not
dominated by the obviousness of looming scale, overly rich materials,
intimate size, didactic ordering. It neither impresses, dominates, nor
seduces. Elements or various focuses are often in it, but more integrated,
relative and more powerfully organized ways. Successful work in this
direction differs from both previous sculpture (and from objects) in that its
focus is not singularly inward and exclusive of the context of its spatial
setting. It is less introverted in respect to its surroundings. Sometimes this is
achieved by literally opening up the form in order that the surroundings
must of necessity be seen with the piece. (Transparency and translucency of
material function in a different way in this respect since they maintain an
inner "core" which is seen through but is nevertheless closed off.)'
Photo: Jeff Baumann
Below David Medalla Cloud canyon 1963-8
'My sculptures breathe and perspire, grow and decay. They correspond to
my view of external and internal realities.... I use the elements—through
the elements I wish to express the dynamism of atomic forces. I seek to find,
through these forces, continuous "melodic structures" which could arouse
tenderness and love in the brutalized soul of man.' Photo: Clay Perry