Untitled 1967

This is an untitled sculpture made by Robert Grosvenor, with a huge slab of black material. I wonder what it was like for Grosvenor when he was making this. Did he know what he wanted it to look like before he started? Did he change his mind and did it evolve over time? How do you even start something like this? The shadow on the floor is really important. I think it's almost more important than the thing itself. It's like the ghost of the sculpture or maybe its other half. It flattens the space. And it becomes part of the sculpture itself. This piece reminds me of the work of other artists, who are also working with space, line and the poetics of form, like Blinky Palermo. Artists are always in conversation with one another, across time. They inspire each other, challenge each other, and build on each other’s ideas. And ultimately their creativity is for us.