Word: xxviii
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This tendency is devleoped further in the Cubi series in which Smith adds the use of surfaces in shadow to suggest two dimensional shading. The elaborate buffing in Cubi XXVIII emphasizes the surface instead of the volume, and the sculpture gives an illusionary effect of two dimensionality. This effect is increased because the piece cannot be viewed in the round; the composition demands that it be seen from a specific position. In addition, the welding technique tends to stress the edges between planes. The welds darken and suggest the lines of a drawing which are used to separate the planes...