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Construction in Space.....  - by Antoine Pevsner

Construction in Space and in the Third and Fourth Dimensions

By Antoine Pevsner  

Sculpted in 1959 by Russian Constructivist artist Antoine Pevsner,

the piece was installed at the Law School in 1964

Reflective Pool was designed by Dan Kiley

Location: University of Chicago Law School

Laird Bell Quadrangle /1111 E. 60th Street

Gift of Alex Hillman

The Law School building designed by Eero Saarinen. The building architect Eero Saarinen had suggested that the work of Antoine Pevsner would complement the quadrangle. But his wish coudnt be fulfilled until both Saarinen and Pevsner died (in 1961 and 1962 respectively).  The suclpture was gifted to the university by an alumnus Alex Hillman in 1963 and installed in 1964.

Construction in Space - by Antoine Pevsner

Construction in Space - by Antoine Pevsner

Russian Constructivism was a movement that was active from 1913 to the 1940s. It was a movement created by the Russian avant-garde, but quickly spread to the rest of the continent. Constructivist art is committed to complete abstraction with a devotion to modernity, where themes are often geometric, experimental and rarely emotional. Objective forms carrying universal meaning were far more suitable to the movement than subjective or individualistic forms. Constructivist themes are also quite minimal, where the artwork is broken down to its most basic elements.
Ref: Russian Constructivism: Art History Archive..

Reflective Pool - by Dan Kiley

Reflective Pool - by Dan Kiley