Larry Bell

SUMERIAN FIGURES 14 and 23

Bell's stick people come alive like highly abstracted Saturday morning cartoons that run, skip, cry out and drag each other across the ground. Architect Frank Gehry originally saw Bell's figure drawings while the two were working together on an architectural project. Gehry asked Bell whether the drawings could be made real somehow. Bell was able to replicate the form and spontaneous quality of the calligraphic drawings while translating them into three-dimensional bronze.

Sculpture for Season Five Sarasota Season of Sculpture: Organic Lyricism 2009-2010

Photo Courtesy of Cliff Roles

Brenda Terris,
Executive Director.
Brenda@seasonofsculpture.com