Double Take: David Smith

In our Double Take series, Ohio State faculty from two different fields offer their perspectives on Wexner Center exhibitions.

Join us as David Stebenne from the Department of History and the Moritz College of Law and John Lippold from the Welding Engineering program in the Department of Material Science and Engineering discuss the philosophy, history, science, and techniques behind the works in David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy.

David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and made possible by Alice and Nahum Lainer, the National Endowment for the Arts, Gagosian Gallery, and the Steven F. Roth Family Foundation. Additional support was provided by the Steaven K. and Judith G. Jones Foundation, Myron Laskin, Agnes Gund, Dorothy R. Sherwood, Terri and Michael Smooke, the Dedalus Foundation, Ellie and Mark Lainer, and the Lipman Family Foundation.

The exhibition’s presentation at the Wexner Center is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities and a generous grant from the Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation.

Click through for complete image caption. David Smith
Untitled, 1961
Stainless steel
12 x 10 x 3 inches
The Estate of David Smith
© Estate of David Smith / VAGA, New York
Photo: Robert McKeever, courtesy Gagosian Gallery