Fred Sandback: Vertical Constructions

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Fred Sandback: Vertical Constructions, published on the occasion of the Sandback show at David Zwirner in Fall 2016, takes its lead from a historic 1987 exhibition of Sandback's wor k in Munster, also called Vertical Constructions . With a mixture of rescanned archival imagery that shows the work in situ in Munster, and new photography of these lyrical works installed the Zwirner gallery, this new catalogue is both a historical documen t and the next step in this body of work, almost exactly three decades after its first presentation. Not only was this a crucial period for Sandback, in which he experimented with the interaction between larger spaces and multiple vertical works, but the s how itself was very influential, setting the stage for some of the permanent installations to come. A new essay by renowned art historian Yve - Alain Bois picks up where Bois left off in his 2006 essay for Hatje Cantz, a decade later. Here Bois looks at hi s influential argument about the power of Sandback's immateriality - its ability to linger in our memories of the work - in the context of the vertical constructions. Lisa LeFeuvre, a longtime scholar of Sandback's work, offers a more historical treatment of t he show in the context of Sandback's writings and other works from the 1980s. Finally, a reprint of Marianne Stockebrandt's original essay for original Munster installation of the show reveals the dialogues around Sandback's work at the time and helps us r econstruct the way the influence of his vertical works has continued to grow in the thirty years since.

Lisa Le Feuvre is a curator, writer, editor, and public speaker. She is inaugural Executive Director of Holt/Smithson Foundation, an artist-endowed foundation dedicated to the creative legacies of the artists Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson. Between 2010 and 2017 Le Feuvre was Head of Sculpture Studies at the Henry Moore Institute, where she directed the research component of the largest artist-endowed foundation in Europe, leading a program of education, research, collections, publications and exhibitions.

"Architects draw in space in order to bring it under control, shaping it so that we may better orient ourselves in relation to our surroundings-Sandback, by contrast, wove his lines through space to activate it, and to remind us of our own role in helping bring it to life."--Julian Rose "ARTFORUM" "Fred Sandback's artworks aren't standalone masterpieces, in that they simply can't stand alone."--Staff "Centre" "Radiant exhibition"--Thomas Micchelli "Hyperallergic" "We are accustomed in art to seeing line as the contour, demarcation and boundary of a form; but at his best, Sandback transforms yarn into pure abstract color movements--simultaneously edge, energy, spine, vein. He transmutes void into volume."--Lance Esplund "Wall Street Journal"