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Seeing Sam Richards' Sculpture is a thorough examination of this 20th century American artist's life's work. More than 190 black and white and color photographs beautifully illustrate Richards' abstract sculpture. Richards made both intimate arrangements and large gestural configurations in steel and wood, always at human scale. The monograph reveals his constant experimentation with freestanding and relief sculpture and how his use of material, form, and color evolved as he improvised in his studio. The book examines the many ways he played with gravity and the stance of his work. It explores the rich vocabulary of connections, transitions, and separations he invented that give meaning to Richards' non-representational compositions. Richards' art is rooted in the ideas of Constructivism and Expressionism. His work extends their powerful impact. A graduate of the University of Delaware and Indiana University, Richards taught at the University of Louisville for 19 years. He exhibited often, selling to public and private collections. He died in 1994 at the age of 47. This book documents the sculptor's entire body of work.

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I think [this book} is a real contribution to HOW TO SEE ART and would warmly recommend it to any reader, but especially sculpture students. [The author] set up the conditions for a deep and personal interaction between the viewer and the work of art. That is very valuable, and the only real benefit of art criticism of any kind is to make the viewer look more and more deeply. Peter Morrin, Director Emeritus, Speed Art Museum Sam Richards' work embraces a language of form which speaks across cultures and time. Through the poetics of sculptural practice, grounded in observation and experience, Richards describes the joy of human existence. His deep understanding of the craft allows for a true mate-rial translation that works with and continues the canon. This book will resonate with those who represent the world through the physical object. Joyce Ogden, Artist, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Rounsavall Dean, Kentucky College of Art + Design Seeing Sam Richards' Sculpture is a comprehensive and deeply understanding study of the work of sculptor Sam Richards (1946 -1994). Richards' work in steel and wood is a reflection of his life-long investigation into the nature of form and material. Working by improvisation he created articulate freestanding and wall sculpture that has strong kinship with the work of Anthony Caro, David Smith, and Issac Witkin. Richards shares with them a love of the non-representational, independent thing - what poet Wallace Stevens called 'the object at the exactest point at which it is itself' .1 Timothy J. Segar, Sculptor and Professor Emeritus, Marlboro College 1 An Ordinary Evening in New Haven, Wallace Stevens 1949 Frances Kratzok takes us into Sam Richards' cre

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Louisville sculptor Frances Kratzok received a B.F.A. in sculpture from the Tyler School, Temple University, and an M.F.A. in sculpture from Rinehart School of Sculpture of Maryland Institute College of Art. She has taught art classes at several colleges in the Louisville area and exhibits regionally. She was married to sculptor Sam Richards.

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