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Word: lassaw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1955-1955
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...spiny as cactus and as flowing as underwater foliage. Seymour Lipton, 51, also uses curved and unfolding plant forms to give a sense of enclosed space that, to Sculptor Lipton, suggests a "togetherness . . . of feeling and meaning, of inside and outside, of past and future." Egyptian-born Ibram Lassaw, 42, is the mystic among sculptor-welders; his brazed metal rods seem to float in the air like airy skyscraper girders. David Hare, 38, a color photographer turned surrealist, can put together a few jagged pieces of metal and dangling rods that, gilded with gold, suggest a sunrise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: METAL SCULPTURE: MACHINE-AGE ART | 8/15/1955 | See Source »

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