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Original essays and visual art that reveal the depth and complexity of the sculpture of American modernist Tony Smith, placing his multifaceted practice in dialogue with contemporary voices.
List of contents
Preface
James Voorhies
In-Between Reason: The Liminalities of Tony Smith’s Architecture and Sculpture, Mario Gooden
Between the Backyard and the Magazine: Tony Smith in Vogue, Saim Demircan
New Piece: Elective Geometries, Judith Barry with Kelli Anderson
“Leap Romantically”: Tony Smith at Home, Jenni Sorkin
Tony Smith’s Negative Infinities: From Black Holes to Blind Spots, Yann Chateigné Tytelman
Contained Correspondence, Tom Burr
Contributor Biographies
Acknowledgments
Colophon
Photography Credits
About the author
James Voorhies is an American curator and historian of modern and contemporary art. He has authored several books including Postsensual Aesthetics: On the Logic of the Curatorial (MIT Press, 2023) and Beyond Objecthood: The Exhibition as a Critical Form since 1968 (MIT Press, 2017); he is coeditor of a two-volume catalogue raisonné of the work of American artist Tony Smith, and editor of two companion volumes of essays and projects related to Smith (all MIT Press, 2024–2025).Voorhies is based New York, has taught at Bennington College and Harvard University, and holds a PhD in modern and contemporary art history from the Ohio State University, USA.
