How would you describe sculpture by Naum Gabo?

The Shape of Space

For hundreds of years, sculptors have created art in two ways. They took away parts of material like stone or wood by carving it. Or they added to material, such as clay, and moulded it.

In the 1900’s, sculptors added space to their list of sculpting materials. They realized that everything and everyone takes up space. We see space around and inside objects. Modern sculptors use space to give it new meaning. But artists who sculpt space don’t often carve or mould materials. They use materials in other ways.

An example of a twentieth-century “space” sculpture is Linear Construction No. 4 by Russian-born Naum Gabo. He wove a complicated web on a simple frame. By doing so, Gabo created many planes, or surfaces, in space.

When you look at modern sculpture, you need imagination, too. If you had to describe this sculpture, what words would you use? What would you compare it to? After all, it has as many shapes as there are ways to look at it.

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