The Fields of David Smith
Candida Smith
with a Memoir by Irving Sandler
Photographs by Jerry L. Thompson
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David Smith (1906-1965) strove to create works of art that could be viewed ‘without reverence or awe’ because they were, in his words, ‘natural statements of peaceful pursuit’. He believed that sculpture belongs outside in the elements, with sky and earth as visible reference to it.
The Fields of David Smith celebrates a three-year exhibition in the expansive landscape of the Storm King Art Center in Mountainsville, New York. The curators recaptured the experience of viewing Smith’s work as it was meant to be seen, when it was displayed in ever-changing arrangements in the artist’s fields at Bolton Landing in the Adirondacks. A moving essay by Smith’s daughter Candida captures the man himself in the most personal and direct terms. This is followed by a memoir by Irving Sandler and other reminiscences from friends.
The heart of the book is a sumptuous album of the evolving Storm King exhibition, featuring major work by Smith from collections all over the USA. Jerry L. Thompson has captured Smith’s work in sun and snow, at dawn and dusk, glistening in the rain and presiding over the mists. The interplay between the works and their surroundings, and the effects of light on their surfaces provide a new vision of the sculpture of David Smith. |
|  | | | ISBN 0500019088 | | ISBN-13 978-0500019085 | | | | 30.5 x 23.5 cm | | Hardback | | 144pp | | 140 illustrations, 70 in colour | | First published 1999 | | | | £32.00 | | | |  | | | | 
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