BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Direct Carving

DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (SAAM) -- Exhibit: Direct Carving:

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Description of Pictures: Direct Carving
February 5, 2015 – Indefinitely
The exhibition includes approximately 24 sculptures from across the twentieth century, nearly all from the museum’s permanent collection. Direct carving is an unusual method of sculpting in which an artist works directly with a piece of stone or wood, usually selected for its unique physical properties. Direct carvers often work spontaneously, rather than first making preliminary models in clay or wax. While most finished sculpture is made through the labor of teams of professional carvers, studio assistants, and foundry workers, direct carvers proudly claim sole responsibility for the production of their works.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SIPGDC_150131_005.JPG: Direct Carving Spontaneous! Truthful! Liberating! Direct carvers often used such words to describe their unconventional method of sculpting. For centuries, sculptors had relied on others to produce their finished works of art. After modeling a design in clay or war, a sculptor typically entrusted the model to foundry workers or professional carvers who used industrial and mechanical means to replicate it in bronze or marble. Rejecting these practices, direct carvers seized control by cutting their ideas directly into carefully selected materials -- usually word or stone. Upending academic tradition, they created some of the most intensely personal examples of American sculpture. Direct carvers often worked spontaneously, without preliminary models or preconceived ideas, to create unique works. Many saw nature as a collaborator and deliberately chose materials with distinctive characteristics, such as burls in the wood or vein patterns in the stone. Others claimed wood from old furniture, stones from demolished buildings, and fieldstone from farms. Several artists thought of carving as a mystical practice that liberated forms embedded in the wood or stone, and a few believed a divine calling had led them to carving. All kept artistic control, from concept to completion. The movement gained momentum in the United States after 1915 and flourished through the mid-twentieth century, attracting men and women from diverse backgrounds who looked to a wide range of global influences -- including African, Southeast Asia, Native American, and folk art. The Direct Carving installation is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with generous support from Lucy S. Rhame.
2. SIPGDC_150131_010.JPG: Victory, 1944 William Zorach
3. SIPGDC_150131_014.JPG: Acrobatic Performers, 1932 Chaim Gross
4. SIPGDC_150131_020.JPG: Head of a Young Man, 1940 Eugene Kormendi Mother and Child, about 1924 Robert Laurent
5. SIPGDC_150131_026.JPG: Mother and Child, about 1924 Robert Laurent
6. SIPGDC_150131_028.JPG: Elegance, about 1927 Heinz Warneke
7. SIPGDC_150131_038.JPG: Fern, 1981 Cleo Hartwig Rabbit, about 1940 William Edmondson Donkey, about 1930-1931 John B. Flannagan
8. SIPGDC_150131_047.JPG: Baboon, about 1930 Bessie Stough Callender
9. SIPGDC_150131_053.JPG: Owl, 1937 Louis Schanker
10. SIPGDC_150131_061.JPG: Torso, 1932 William Zorach
11. SIPGDC_150131_067.JPG: Untitled (Woman and Child), about 1950 Selma Burke
12. SIPGDC_150131_073.JPG: Silence, 1970 Lorrie Goulet
13. SIPGDC_150131_079.JPG: Mexican Beggar, about 1935-1939 Donal Hord
14. SIPGDC_150131_089.JPG: Judith, 1960 Chaim Gross
15. SIPGDC_150131_092.JPG: Standing Woman, about 1945 Concetta Scaravaglione
16. SIPGDC_150131_098.JPG: Pieta, 1928-1930 Gleb Derujinsky
17. SIPGDC_150131_104.JPG: Nimbus, about 1961 Jose de Creeft
18. SIPGDC_150131_119.JPG: Falcon (unfinished), about 1937 Bessie Stough Callender Falcon, 1937 Bessie Stough Callender
19. SIPGDC_150131_125.JPG: Bird with Young, 1976 James W. Washington Jr.
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