Autumn Cumulus
1980
20th century
121.9 cm x 101.6 cm x 91.4 cm (48 in. x 40 in. x 36 in.)
Alan Saret
(New York, 1944 - )
Primary
Object Type:
sculpture
Artist Nationality:
North America, American
Medium and Support:
Lacquered wire
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 2004
Accession Number:
2004.108
Much of the beauty of Saret’s sculptures derives from his sensitivity to the physical properties of the materials he uses. In the case of Autumn Cumulus, he wove together individual strands of copper wire to create a tangled web that abounds with organic associations. Responsive to minute changes in the environment, this loose, open network of wires gives a sense of volume but not mass, while simultaneously delineating the space around it in much the same way a drawing articulates space on a piece of paper.