Konstantin Brancusi

See also:  [Sculpture]
           [Cubism]

Jackie Winsor




Chronology

Important Works



According to Howard Smagula, "... this piece further
illustrates her concern with transforming ordinary -- sometimes
ugly -- materials into works of art. Sheet rock is similar
to plywood in that it possesses no picturesque qualities. It
is common, in-expensive (mass produced to be eventually
covered with paint and plaster [, or wall-paper]. Each side
of the 3-foot cube has a small centrally placed, square 
opening; through the openings sheet rock is visible 20 layers
deep. By alligning the aperture, it is possible to see through
to the other sides; at the center of the cube is a small, 
empty white space. Winsor presents us with an interesing
situation: An object of great opacity and mass is visually
penetrable and has at its core an empty "seed" of light. 
It tantalizes us with an un-reachable pure space at the
centre of its "being"; a space that physically keeps us out;
a space that can only be reached in our minds."

[p.158; "Currents: Contemporary directions in the Visual Arts",
2nd Ed, 1989, ISBN 0-13-195595-0]