!"ng & wire

Loren MadsenMarch, 2010

Alexander CalderGoldfish Bowl, ndblack wire

Alexander CalderVertical Constellation with Bomb, 1943steel wire, wood, paint

Alexander CalderA Universe, 1934

steel wire, wood, paint, rope, pipe

Alexander CalderLouisa Calder’s bureau, 1942

Alexander CalderJimmy Durante, 1928steel wire

Alexander CalderThe Hostess, 1928

steel wire

Alexander CalderHelen Wills, 1927steel wire

Alexander CalderTwo Spheres Within a Sphere 1931

steel wire, wood, paint

Alexander CalderMobiles, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art

steel wire, paint

Marcel Duchamp1st Surrealist Exhibition, 1942

string

George Van TongerlooMassen im Universum, 1946

wire, fruit

Ruth AsawaUntitled, 1960looped brass and galvanized steel wire

Ms Asawa, who had a major retrospective exhibition at the DeYoung Museum, SF, in 2009, has been a stalwart of the Bay Area art scene for many decades

Alan Saretname and date unknown, 1980’smetal wire

Alan SaretThree Tiered Copper, 1982copper wire

Alan Saretname and date unknown

metal wire

Alan Saretuntitled drawings, date unknown, 1980’s

Alan Saretmetal wire

Judith BrustUntitled No. 3, Life Cycle, 1991brass wire

Judith BrustUntitled No. 7, Life Cycle, 1991

brass wire

Judith BrustUntitled No. 6, Life Cycle, 1991brass wire

balls on wire making the shape of a classic BMWartist name and date unknown

String sculpture around treeartist name and date unknownsisal twine

Fred SandbackBlue Day-glo Corner Piece, 1968/2004

elastic cord and spring steel

Fred SandbackUntitled, 1995

red, yellow and blue paint on yarnl

Fred SandbackSeven Part Vertical Construction, 1987

string and pigment

Fred Sandbacktitle and date unknownstring and pigment

Fred Sandbacktitles and date unknownstring and pigment

Fred Sandbacktitles and dates unknown

string and pigment

JimmyOwennsSerialbondage, 2007

Ball Nogues StudioFeathered Edge, 2009

string and pigment

Ball Nogues StudioEchoes Converge, 2008

string and pigment

Patrick Maroldeveninglull, nd

Shanetitle and date unknownpipe, string, fabric

This is an example of a tensegrity (tensional integrity) structure whichbalances the forces between tension and compression.

Kenneth SnelsonX-Module, 1948cable, pipes, fittings

Snelson was the first to exploittensegrity into art upon hearing lectures by Buckminster Fullerat Black Mountain College in1948.

The simplest tensegrity structure, with three three compression members. Each is symmetric with the other two, and symmetric from end to end. Each end is connected to three cables which provide compression and which precisely define the position of that end.

A similar structure with four compression members.

Kenneth SnelsonNeedle Tower, 1968cable, pipes, fittings

Ripplewire art, 2008, 09wire, beads, mm

Ripplewire art, 2008, 09wire, beads, mm

Ripplewire art, 2008, 09wire, beads, mm

supports for pine branchesrope, bamboo

Kanazawa, Japan

Atsuta Shrine Sacred TreeNagoya, Japan

Izumo Shrine (Izumo-taisha)Izumo, Japan

dedicated to Ōkuninushi, the Shinto deity of marriage

Enjo-ji RopeNara, Japan

Meoto Iwa, the "Wedded Rocks"Futami, Ise City, Japan

Wedded RocksGunkanjima, Japan

dedicated to Ōkuninushi, the Shinto deity of marriage

wire sculpture, Englandartist, title, date unknownwire, grass

Kirsty Winterwearable wire art, 2009wire

Kirsty Winterwearable wire art, 2009wire

Jana FlynnProjection of Sightlines, 2009

string and pigment

Jana FlynnOuterspace, 2009string and pigment

Arline FischCorals, 2009coated copper wire

Orly Gengertitle unknown, 2009crocheted rope

Orly Gengertitle unknown, 2009crocheted rope

Orly Gengerpuzzlejuice, 2009crocheted rope

Orly GengerMr. Softy, 2009crocheted rope

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)

By A Thread, an exhibition of artwork by emerging and mid-career Bay Area artists who create unexpectedly nostalgic, and poetic works using thread as their primary medium.

February 6 through May 15, 2010

SJICA360 S. First St.San Jose, Ca 95113408 283-8155

sjica.org/

Diem ChauUnion, 2009

ceramic bowl, thread

Susan Taber AvilaJubilance, 1999thread, constructed by machine stitching

Susan Taber AvilaNaturaleza 1996

thread

Emil LukasPeeling, 2008

Liza SolomonWallet Size Me, 2004embroidery (wrong side showing) on satin

Katie Lewis201 Days, 2006thread, pencil, pins