Title: Isaac Witkin /
Authors: Wilkin, Karen, 1940-; Witkin, Isaac
Publisher: Hudson Hills Press : Distributed in the U.S., its territories and possessions, and Canada by National Book Network,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Witkin, Isaac Criticism and interpretation.; Sculpture, Abstract United States.
Abstract: This illustrated monograph explores the career of one of the most original and influential sculptors now working in the modernist tradition. His early work, as part of London's "New Generation," used unexpected materials in sculptures that married form and color in unprecedented ways. They are distinguished by their inventive polychromy and sleek industrial materials (fiberglass, plexiglass, glass, and aluminum tubing along with wood) as well as by their repetitive, curvilinear profiles and bold thrusts into space. Once in the U.S., Witkin continued to explore abstract volume and color in steel. His generously scaled constructions, equally notable for their structural audacity and emotional range, established him as a legitimate heir to the tradition of David Smith.