Kenneth Snelson"Self-Portrait"Pendleton, Oregon1948
The faculty and studentroster from Black Mountain Collegealways amazes me.Kenneth Snelson is one of the most amazing of the student alumniin my opinion.You might even say that the student was reallythe teacher as theequally amazing Buckminster Fullerwould find out when he saw Kenneth'searly sculptures.Some would even say the Masterused this encounter with Snelson's work to alter the course of his own work,without even a nod to his student.But I'll leave that debate to the scholars,I just like to look at the pretty pictures......Kenneth Snelson"Early X-Piece"1948Kenneth Snelson"Moving Column, 1st Study"1948Kenneth Snelson"Moving Column, 2nd Study"1948Kenneth Snelson"Bat Wing Piece"1948Kenneth Snelson"X-Column"1959Kenneth Snelson"Ball Chain Helix"1959Kenneth Snelson"Harry's Hen"1960Kenneth Snelson in his studio on Spring Streetwith "Arcuate Lip Superstar".New York City1960Kenneth Snelson"Fair Leda"(Early study)1960Kenneth Snelson "X-Planar Tower"1962-88Kenneth Snelson"Spring Street"1964Kenneth Snelson "Sag Harbor II"1965Kenneth Snelson"Double City Boots"Miami1968Kenneth Snelson with"Newport" model.The Springs, Long Island1967Kenneth Snelson making adjustments to"Needle Tower II"Netherlands1971Kenneth Snelson "Eight Rubber Wheels"1948Kenneth Snelson "Atom Study With Seven Nested Circlespheres"1960Kenneth Snelson "Circlespheres With Four Centuring Axes"1974Kenneth Snelson "Magnet Cyclopropane"1976Kenneth Snelson "Magnet Fourteen Matrix BCC"1962Kenneth Snelson "Study for Atomic Space 3"1963Kenneth Snelson "Homage to the Uncertainty Principle; A Device to Aid in LocatingElectrons in an AtomIf There Were aMeans to Look For Them."1964Kenneth Snelson "Study for Atomic Space 1"1964Kenneth Snelson "Study for Big Atom"1965Kenneth Snelson "Three-Shell Magnet Piece"1976
From the book"Kenneth Snelson: Forces Made Visible"
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