Untitled
Artist
Frederick Eversley
(American, born 1941)
Date1971
MediumResin
DimensionsOverall: 20 × 20 × 5 inches (50.8 × 50.8 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of John and Sharon Hoffman
Object number2014.55
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L3
Collections
DescriptionThis is a translucent disk that captures and optically distorts objects around it.Gallery Label
This sculpture immerses viewers in a wide-angle lens on the world. Its parabolic curve, made from cast resin, distorts our perception of surrounding objects. Before becoming an artist in 1967, Frederick Eversley was a senior aerospace engineer for NASA. Eversley maintains that his work has more to do with black holes than with him "being Black." His works, visionary for how they fuse art with optical physics, opened new dimensions in Minimalist sculpture.
With
Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO, by 1976;
Purchased from Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO by John and Sharon Hoffman, 1976;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2014.
Purchased from Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO by John and Sharon Hoffman, 1976;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2014.
Copyright©Fred Eversley
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