John McCracken: 'IV' (1985) and 'Neon' (1989)

29 Feb-13 May 2012

Overview

The first in a series of exhibitions presenting sculptures from the past that have made sculpture in the present possible, launching with two works from the 1980s by the American artist John McCracken (1934–2011). McCracken's sculptures ask a fundamental question: 'how do things sit in space?' Condensing the possibilities of sculpture into single obstructive objects, these are handmade to smooth perfection, utilising the basic languages of sculpture: scale, colour, height, width, and breadth.