Modern Art: Who Sculpted It?

Question: Who created Vertiginous Detour, a sculpture made of acrylic and polyurethane on papier-mâché that appears as a large ball hanging in a net?

Answer: Eva Hesse created Vertiginous Detour, a sculpture made of acrylic and polyurethane on papier-mâché that appears as a large ball hanging in a net, in 1966.

Question: Who sculpted the experimental series Groups, clusters of small anthropomorphic forms in thin, almost translucent marble?

Answer: During the 1950s Barbara Hepworth sculpted an experimental series called Groups, clusters of small anthropomorphic forms in marble so thin that their translucence creates a magical sense of inner life. Hepworth’s work landed among the earliest abstract sculptures producted in England.

Question: Who created mixed-media installation The Dinner Party, which presented a triangular table set with unique place settings for 39 notable women?

Answer: Judy Chicago’s mixed-media installation The Dinner Party, which presented a triangular table set with unique place settings for 39 notable women, was composed of ceramics, embroidery, weaving, and text.

Question: Who sculpted the figurative work The Circus Clown, which utilized found objects (or objets trouvés)?

Answer: It was in the figurative work The Circus Clown that Louise Nevelson’s characteristic found objects (or objets trouvés) first appeared as stylized features and appendages.

Question: Who sculpted The Harp, a piece inspired by the poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson?

Answer: Augusta Savage sculpted The Harp, a piece inspired by the poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson, as a commission for the 1939 New York World’s Fair.

Question: Who created the public sculpture Andrea’s Fountain and become known affectionately as the “fountain lady”?

Answer: Ruth Asawa’s first public sculpture, Andrea’s Fountain, was installed in San Francisco in 1968; it became so popular that she became known among residents as the “fountain lady.”

Question: Who produced Bicycle Wheel, a piece that consisted of a wheel mounted on a stool?

Answer: In 1913 Marcel Duchamp produced Bicycle Wheel, a piece that consisted of a wheel mounted on a stool. It was one of the first entries into Duchamp’s series of ready-mades (every objects selected and designated as art).