Untitled (Spoon)

Lucas Samaras

1961 · Liquid Aluminum and spoon on wood · Modern and Contemporary Art

After receiving a gift of Sculp-Metal in a can in 1955, Samaras later used this claylike material to make a proto-minimalist, floor-based object as well as several wall-mounted reliefs that encase disquieting objects—exposed razor blades, pins, or mangled cutlery—all of which became familiar components of his work. "For me," he wrote, "there is a curious struggle between the rough, undulating Sculp-Metal surface and the pricking intrusion."

Artist

Lucas Samaras

Date

1961

Medium

Liquid Aluminum and spoon on wood

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Gift of the artist, 2014