During the late 1970s, Beverly Buchanan developed an approach to sculpture that placed the concise f
During the late 1970s, Beverly Buchanan developed an approach to sculpture that placed the concise forms of Post-Minimalist art in dialogue with the realities of urban decay and social displacement. “I began casting small cement pieces using old bricks and milk cartons as forms from a fourth-floor walkup in East Orange, New Jersey. From nine to five, I was that city’s health educator…So I had to do this late at night.“ These sculptures, called Frustula, a word meaning “fragments,” emerged from Buchanan’s observation of the remnants of destroyed buildings in New York. Beverly Buchanan (American, 1940–2015). Untitled (Four-Part ‘‘Frustula’’ Sculpture on Concrete Floor), 1978. Gelatin silver photograph Private collection -- source link
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