Geometry Park

1989

American, born 1958

Paper balls stretch the definition of a bead, just as this artist is known to stretch the use of glasseine as a sculptural medium. Jeffry Mitchell cites Japanese paper balloons as the source for this form. He intended them as a "mock proposal for a city park, one that would occupy a city block with black and white concentric circular patterned pavement instead of grass, and fabricated black and white spheres in place of trees."

Glassine

22 x 48 x 48 in. (55.9 x 121.9 x 121.9 cm)

Gift of Bev McDevitt

2001.1065

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Bead Quiz", July 1, 2008 - July 1, 2009, (7/1/2008 - 7/1/2009)

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