Word: giacomettian
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This concern is echoed in "Detroit Queen" (1957) and the Sentinel series, both of which augment the sheer artistic power of Giacomettian sculpture with a deep concern for the role of form and color. Despite its poorly lit display area, the genius of the bronze Detroit Queen emanates from its patinate form. Composed of sheet metal, gears, and bowls, the rigid figure in the work stands precariously balanced on the flowing forms of its "throne...
...window frame, and thus someone (the sculptor himself) looking out into our space. These pieces are darker and less restrained. The smoothness of the glass gives way to textures of rust and even spattered lead -- the silvery color of the lead functioning, like paint, as light. They are Giacomettian in their sense of endurance, remoteness and loss. But the phase of Wilmarth's work that they began was not to be completed. This was a sad subtraction...
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