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wall sculpture 1970-71 a Wood and Canvas Series >click image to enlarge
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"WOOD AND CANVAS SERIES" 1970 - 1971 Georgesco's first Series of Modern Contemporary Sculptures was a departure from his early Paintings into Sculpture using the same materials Wood and Canvas. These first Wall Sculptures which included several Free Standing Works and Floor Pieces were made of the same materials he used to create strecthed painting canvas's. They were made of 2" x 2" Laminated Pine with Perpendicular Dowlings in a like Jig Structure. The Dowlings were slipped into open spaces and notches on the 3 levels of the Laminated Pine. Canvas was threaded in out of this Zigzag Type Ladder Structure creating planer dimensional compositions held together with the tension of the stretched canvas which was fastened at both ends. They were configured in a Ladder Type Formation which the Canvas undulating in and out in plainer compositions. They had a slight resemblance to Beach Chairs. One of his first pieces was bought by a Fashion Designer who had had a Boutique on Camden Drive in Beverly Hills named after himself "James Reva." He lived in a bungalow in the area now called The Marina Del Rey before the time when Large Condominiums were built in the late 1960's. Soon Reva's neighbors joined in and were hanging Beach Chairs on their Walls as kind of Free Ride to Reva's Wood Canvas Sculpture Purchase. This was to become Georgesco's First Series of Contemporary Abstract Sculptures, inspired by the many Contemporary Artist of the time. It was a exciting time in Venice. Everyone was experimenting with new materials and Art Forms pushing the boundaries of Conceptual Art, Painting and Sculpture using New Materials which until then were unfamiliar to the Art World on both Coasts. |