David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy at LACMA

David Smith (1906-1965) is widely heralded as the greatest American sculptor of the 20th century. Smith has generally been presented as the three-dimensional counterpart to the Abstract Expressionist painters and/or as a draftsman in space. The LACMA exhibition will consider geometry throughout Smith's oeuvre, revealing a sculptor whose self-constructed identity as a part of the working class motivated him to adopt the utopian optimism of the constructivist avant-garde.  The show will include sculptures, drawings, paintings, and photographs from throughout Smith's career that will elucidate the meaning and importance of geometry in his body of work.