Abstract Figure

About The Artist: Alexander Archipenko

An energetic teacher and pioneering modernist sculptor of abstract human forms, he created one of the first multi-media sculptures, composing it of wood, glass, and wire. He experimented continuously with the effects of negative and positive space. He began his career with a Cubist style and then turned to simplified, abstract shapes with hollowed out parts of the bodies, especially where one might expect curves. His American works include...