Word: constructors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Edge. This is the special value of Di Suvero's work. It is also the justification for its immense scale. Steel is a tough substance and, below a certain range of size, a sculptor can make any configuration with it that he wants. The hard task for any constructor is to push the size of the sculpture to the point AP where engineering becomes an issue and the steel might fail-and then to find the one form that works both aesthetically and structurally. Di Suvero proceeds by trial and error, bracing and rigging the parts until they work...