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Steve Keister

Diamond

Maker

Steve Keister (American, b. 1949)

Title

Diamond

Year

1991

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

plastic, string (fiber product)

Geography

Place Made: Western

Dimensions

41.9 x 41.3 x 27.9 cm (16 1/2 x 16 1/4 x 11 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services

Object Number

2009.59.12

Type

Exhibition History

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Fifty Works for Rhode Island
Jul 20, 2012 – Dec 02, 2012

Label copy

Steve Keister uses brown corrugated plastic to create Diamond, a three-dimensional polygon suspended from the ceiling. Its overall shape seems in flux, as the interior and exterior planes are hard to distinguish from a single vantage point. Depending on the angle from which it is viewed, the sculpture’s subtle, dynamic form appears to be in varying stages of completion, giving vitality to a static object.

Building Blocks
Contemporay Works from the Collection
May 06, 2011 – Mar 25, 2012

Label copy

Steve Keister explores color, material, planes, and volume in the construction of hard-edged, angular forms. In Diamond, brown plastic resembles corrugated cardboard. Depending on the angle from which it is viewed, the suspended geometric form appears to be in varying stages of completion, giving vitality to a static object.

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Tombstone

Steve Keister (American, b. 1949)
Diamond, 1991
Corrugated plastic
41.9 x 41.3 x 27.9 cm (16 1/2 x 16 1/4 x 11 inches)
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services 2009.59.12

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