Sculpture
1973
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1973
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Sculpture is a 1973 by Glynn Williams, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print by Glynn Williams plays with flatness and depth. It uses letters that look stacked but hide carved shadows inside. Those shadows turn into real shapes when you spot the fallen letters at the ends of each column. Williams was thinking about how shadows can act like solid objects. He made similar wooden pieces in the early 1970s—crates and constructions that played with 2D and 3D space. Look up the artist Williams, Glynn.
Williams’s 1973 print divides the image horizontally, with a tan ground below and a blue field above. Two rows of grey columns appear in each half, and small fragments at their tops indicate that each column is a vertical extension of the letters S, C, U, L, P, T, U, R, E. The arrangement explores the interplay between two- and three-dimensional forms by presenting carved letter-shapes as standing structures.
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Glynn Williams made prints in 1973 that blend sharp lines with sculptural depth. “Print” and “Print No.2” use crisp angles and layered ink to give flat surfaces a tactile push. These works sit between graphic art and…
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