De Wain Valentine 德韦恩·华伦泰：60和70年代的作品

AkeymemberoftheLightandSpacemovementinLosAngelesduringthe1960sand1970s，DeWainValentineisdistinguishedinparticularbyhisin-depthunderstandingofsyntheticmaterialsandhisabilitytotransformindustrialproductsintoartworksthatinvestigatetheseductivepoweroflight，transparency，reflection，andsurface.Publishedinconjunctionwithhiscriticallylauded2015exhibitionatDavidZwirner，NewYork，DeWainValentine:Worksfromthe1960sand1970sfocusesontheartist’spioneeringachievementsinpolyesterresin.AnewscholarlytextbyRobinClarkonValentine’sproductionfromthisperioddetailshispersonalhistoryandhisinnovationswiththismaterial.InfluencedbythevastCalifornialandscape，hewasinitiallyconfrontedwithmateriallimitations:atthetime，polyesterresinscouldnotbepouredinvolumesexceedingfiftypounds.Notwillingtoacceptthisrestriction，ValentinepartneredwithHastingsPlasticsin1966tocreateanentirelynewresinthatcouldbecastinlargerquantities.Theresultingmaterial，knownasValentineMasKastResin，allowedtheartisttodramaticallyincreasethescaleofhiswork.Withitsinherentabilitytocontainandreflectlight，whilemaintainingapowerfulluminousdimension，polyesterresinwouldformthefoundationofValentine’spractice.ThecatalogueincludesrichcolorplatesofValentine’s“Columns，”corporeallyscaledsculpturescastincoloredpolyesterresinsthatrecedefromawiderbaseuptoanarrowtip;his“Circles，”6-footdiscsthatdisplaynotonlytheartist’smasteryofgeometricalform，butalsohighlighthiscommandofcolorinsculpture;andaselectionoftheartist’ssmallerforms―rings，discs，anddoublepyramids.ThecataloguealsofeaturesextensivedocumentationofDoubleColumnGray(1975–1976)，twomassive，identicalcolumnsthateachstandtwelvefeettall.OriginallyexecutedforBaxterTravenolLaboratories’inDeerfield，Illinois，Valentinehadconceivedoftwoimmenseverticalcolumnsstandingsidebyside，butbecauseofarchitecturallimitations，Valentinewasforcedtoinstallthetwoslabsontheirsides.Fortyyearsafteritsinitialconception，theexhibitionatDavidZwirnerrepresentedthefirsttimethisworkwaspresentedinitsintendedconfiguration.