Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1955 — Page 11

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David Smith Resident Sculptor At Indiana U.

BLOOMINGTON Ind. (Special) —A Hoosier-born artist who u» achieved fame as a pioneer In wiiat has been called the “moat American” method of sculpture, is •‘haek home" this year as sculptor in residence at Indiana University.' - He is David Smith, native of Decatur, whose sculpture in welded iron and bronze is in the collections ot leading museums of this country. Smith was probably the first sculptor to work in the fabricated metal medium which critics have hailed ah a natural outgrowth of American Bfo and the native American mechanical aptitude. He is replacing for one year 'Robert Laurent, I. U.’s famous scalpton who is on leave to teach at the American Academy in Rome. Smith came at Laurent’s invitation to sot up a department in metal working, to supplement the other teckniqwes being taught. In Smith’s formative years as an artist (he was a painter at first) he worked on telephone linos during summers, and spent a year in the Studebaker plant in South Bend, riveting car frames and learning ether metal fabrication techniques. In 1932, his interests turned to sculpture, which he says, he conceived as "unities of form” which did not spring Nagging Backache; Often Due to Kidney Slow-down ' When kidney fuecUon down Awn, man* of nagging backache, head- 1 Don't suffer raetlaaa theae dial 1 comforts if reduced kidney fanetion in enttine you down-due to Me* eenuaon emmet as (tress and strain. oeeixxerUon or expo- 1 sum to eold. Minor bladder irritations due ( to sold or wrong diet mny cause getting up , nights or frequent pemages. Don't neglect your kidneys if these Condi- | tiona bother you. Try Doan's PiUs-a mild , diuretic. Used suecessfalb by miUioas for 1 over SO years. It's amazing how many times i Don't give happy relief from these discern- . forte-helpthelSimnmafkidMytoieeaadflk 1 tens flush out waste. Get Doan’s Pills today!

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from Monolithic (one-piece) concepts. This approach, he says, grew from his interest in cubism and constructivism (a school which emphasized fabrication, or building, in art creation). Smith saw that his knowledge of metal fabrication lent itself to a perfect new medium for his sculptural ideas, and his famous style was born. He made his first sculpture in 1933 with a welding outfit borrowed from a garage mechanic. Now he works in a studio which many a mechanic might envy, with iU gas and electric equipment and power tools. Smith's home studio at Bolton Landtag, N. Y., is called the “Terminal Iron Works,” a bona fide business address. Smith "Inherit ed” the name from a defunct factory where he once had studio epace, in Brooklyn, N. Y. The name Is no joke. Smith says—it's a big help in business relations, especially in obtaining materials. Borh in Decatur Id 190«, Smith lived there until his sophomore year in high school. His family then moved to Paulding, Ohio, not far away, where he finished, high school. He then attended Ohio University and George Washington University before he struck out for New York, where he studied at the Art Students' League. After a year's painting at St Thomas in the Virgin Islands, Smith returned to New York for study with the painter Jan MatuIka. From him he acquired an in- , teveet tn the Di-stijl movement, | of which the painter Mondrian is j the best known exponent. The , next step was to constructivism ; and sculpture. “The change was not hard to < make." Smith says. "I think that i there is no great separation be- ' between painting and sculpture. I believe that the sculptor is no i logger limited to marble and the 1 monolithic concept. His coDeep- i Uen is as free aa that of the paint- i

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Smith, who worked as a welder in a military tank factory during World War 11, says, "My aim in material function in art is the same as in tank or locomotive building: to arrive at a given functional form in the most efficient manner.” Gordon Washburn, director of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pa., has said ot Smith’s work, that it “has the integrity of an organic thing — it appears perfectly natural, as though it had grown and not made. “The energies with which it Is charged are of David Smith’s projection, yet they seem the property of the metal itself, like magnetic currents moving within the rods. This is the evidence of the partnership of the artist with his material, evidence that he has done only what is necessary and aimropriate with his medium.” Smith’s works are In collections of the Metropolitan Museum tad the Musejrm of Modern Art is New York, the Chicago Art Institute, the St. Louis Museum of Art, and the Detroit Institute ot Art, as well as many private collections. Within the past year, his sculpture has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum in New York, the Cincinnati Art Museum, and the Carnegie Museum, while lithographs have been shown at the Chicago Art Institute and a collection of drawings is being clr-

i<* • ruptured spleen. Pm going to a«pfr*te the abdomen . . “Will that kurt?” "» woa't Burt Willie. Wouldn't . yta Bke to go down and stay with Mattel Qr have her come here?" _ “Can’t I just stay with Willie? J won’t make trouble. But he—Tl) behave, Fred. 1 promise!” “Os course,” be agreed. "You’re being wonderful, Jessie.” The aspiration showed no bleeding, but %e still suspected the spleen rupture. A clot would hold back any Needing, and that clot, if It moved— He gasped at the thought of how quickly Wilke's life would be | snuffed out. Never any more char-coal-broiled steaks, never any more funny stories, or hearty laughter—“l’m going to operate at once,” Fred told Huggins, and Jessie H< took her arm. “It’s his only chance, dear, and 1 hope you know that.J’U make it as big a chance as possible?" She was very white. 'TH go stay with Katie now,” she said faintly. "TB send tor her. You come out to the office while I phone." His glance gave Huggins her orders. He picked up the telephone, and Katie answered at once. Fred told her to come tor Jessie. "But . will you send tor Murphy first? I can use another pair ot hands on thia. And, Katie, when you talk tc him, tell Mm that Willie—teU him that I’ve definitely decided to stay m Jennings.” “No,” said Katie, “I’ll tell him that I’ve decided to let you stay." Fred was aasttag as he set th< phone down. "Katie’s growing up,” he told Jessie. “Lately she has sc much firmness, so much dignity.’* “Your Katie is a very fine woman," Jtosie agreed. Fred went to Um operating room, and made his preparations. He d save Willie. He was sure that h« would. Murphy would help him, and see him save hi* triend. Then, tomorrow, Murphy would go back to St. Louis. And Fred—tomorrow Fred would cut his grass, and work in his garden until dark —wtth Katie. r;'-; He heard her voice out in the hall, and. robed in white, tie went out to ask if Murphy was coming. . “Yes, right away. I gave him our message, too.” , “What’s this about your leaving us, Fred?" asked Jessie, anxiously. “Yotrre not, are y OU ? < e need yen so much—ths people here." "Tm not leaving,” he assured fisr.' "Bat rm etaymg Mostly because 1 need you people—so much.” — , ■ ENDJ

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— LEBANON/ i SYRIA ; ***** 1 —- * ' 'ugjgm 1 z.,'" =1 i I AMMAN I A / \ I : \ / JORDAN c EGYPT \ ’ ! , : B| ; ARROW points to Gaza, the bor- ’ der region ot Egypt where 35 < Egyptian soldiers and two civilians were killed in “fierce I fighting” with Israel troops. culated in Europe by the Museum * of Modern Art of Parts. 1 The I. U. fine arts department 1 is among the vpry first art schools 1 to set up a department in metal 1 fabrication. Smith points out. Both ] day and night classes are held to j make the equipment available to , more persons and allow Smith to give more personal attention to - each student. His experiences with students confirm the idea that his method of sculpture is appropriate to the American scene, Smith says. A large proportion of them have natural mechanical aptitudes, he finds, and many have had actual factory experience. Women students, he finds, have tneehanteM tifliaairz gr-i toitt agnal to that of the men. “If a woman can sew,” he avers, “she can weld.” \ i ■ — .. ... . no seams ♦ o worry oboutl seamless nylons J day and dress sheers >1.50 Pair Nibliek & Go. '

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