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Leon Polk Smith @ Lisson Gallery

PHOTOGRAPHY /

© Leon Polk
Smith Foundation

Courtesy of
Lisson Gallery

CREDITS /

October 9, 2017 

2-TIMES  Art
Leon Polk Smith
@ Lisson Gallery 
— 

Establishing his
key motif while
perusing an athletic
catalogue in the
late 1940s, Smith
examined the
pencil drawings
of baseballs and
tennis balls —
imagining that
from these simple
shapes he could
create a new
kind of space 

It was flat and
the same time it
was curved. It was
like a sphere. The
planes seemed to
move in every
direction, as
space does...
” 

The exhibition: 
Is the first dedicated 
to the work of Leon 
Polk Smith since 
Lisson Gallery
announced co-
representation 
of the Leon Polk 
Smith Foundation
 
earlier this year; 
featuring a selection 
of paintings from 
the 1960’s and early 
1970’s, many of 
which have never 
before been displayed, 
presented alongside
catalogue featuring 
an essay by the poet
and critic 
John Yau,
as well as 
previously
unpublished 
archival
material. 

Key series: 
Correspondences’ 
&
Constellations’. 

2-TIMES' highlights: 
· Constellation:
Black Streak
, 1971 
· Blue Circle Accent, 1971 

On view at: 
Lisson Gallery 
— 
504 W 24th St, 
New York, NY 10011, 
United States. 

Closes: 
October 7, 2017.