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