| Born 1927 in Pendleton, Oregon, Kenneth Snelson "constructs his sculptures from stainless steel rods and tension wires, which he combines in modular configurations that repeat across each work. The rods and wires distribute a scheme of compression and tension, or push and pullthe rods refuse to collapse and the wires are stretched to their limits. The principle of structure by compression and tension, a method created by Snelson and which he has named "tensegrity," gives his forms an intrinsic s (showing 500 of 2042 characters). |
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