Photo archives: Plasticos Washington D.C. 1968 and A Plastic Presence, 1969 - 1970.

Plasticos Washington D.C. 1968
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Latin American Art Foundation, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Curated by Ramon Osuna

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A Plastic Presence, 1969 - 1970

The exhibit was shown at The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, 1969, the Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI, 1970, and the
​San Francisco Museum of Art, CA, 1970.
Curated by Tracy Atkinson and John Lloyd Taylor

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These exhibitions explored the use of plastics by artists.

XXIV, Rockne Krebs, 1967
Plexiglas 100” h x 72” w x 36” d
Photo: Victor Amato

“Actual space is the medium of sculpture. A transparent object occupies space, yet it approached visual non-materiality because it can absent itself from the milieu. Paradoxically, when this occurs, perception of the space
is intensified. The viewer is compelled to consciously locate and define
for himself the space the sculpture occupies, even while the transparency continually confronts him with his environment. The six planes that
​form the interior space through which his body is moving become the armature of the sculpture.”  
Rockne Krebs, 1967
Ahlander, Leslie Judd.  Art in Washington 1969, 1968.

A Plastic Presence, 1969 - 1970

Artists include Abe Ajay, John Alberty, Peter Alexander, Lee Amino, Richard Artschwager, Jerry Belaine, Robert Bassler, Iain Baxter, Bennett Bean, Bruce Beasley, John Bennett, Ted Bieler, David Black, Tom Clancy, Fred Eversley, Frank Gallo, Cristos Gianakos, Stylianos Gianakos, Eva Hesse, William F. Jones, Craig Kauffman, Peter Kolisnyk, Rockne Krebs, Leroy Lamis, Les Levine, Mon Levinson, Ed McGowin, Louise Nevelson, Pat O'Neill, Terrence O'Shea, Harold Paris, Helen Pashgian, Hal Pauley, Leo Rabkin, Richard Randell, Walter Redinger, Sam Richardson, Roger Shipley, Vera Simons, Sylvia Stone, Racelle Strick, Wayne Taylor, Dewain Valentine, Richard Van Buren, Frank Lincoln Viner, David Weinrib, Susan Lewis Williams, Norman Zammitt, and Edward Zelenak.

A Plastic Presence, 1970, at the Milwaukee Art Center

Left to right: Pop Flower, Rockne Krebs, 1968, Plexiglas, 8' h; 
​Seated Female Figure, Frank Gallo, 1969; Henry’s Piece,
​Mon Levinson, 1969; Canada Series III, Louise Nevelson, 1968.

Photo: P. Richard Eells

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Opening night of Plasticos Washington D.C. 1968, 
Latin American Art Foundation, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Artists: Enid Cafritz (Sanford), Geny Dignac, Juan Downey,
Rockne Krebs, and Ed McGowin

Excerpts from the Plasticos Washington D.C. 1968 exhibit catalogue. Introduction by Paul Richard.

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-HK