Hauser & Wirth Monaco presents the exhibition “Larry Bell: Works from the 1970s”, which focuses on Bell’s architecturally scaled sculptures, the “standing walls”. These large-format works are part of his earliest and most ambitious works, when he abandoned the use of metal frames in his sculptures and instead used free-standing glass panels joined with silicone.
The exhibition features four glass artworks from the early 1970s, as well as the monumental wall installation “Moving Ways” from the late 1970s, which exemplifies Bell’s contribution to a severely pared down aesthetic and interaction with the viewer. A more recent glass work will be installed outdoors in the Jardins des Boulingrins.
Larry Bell, born in Chicago in 1939, is a major figure in the Los Angeles art scene of the 1960s and is known for his innovative treatment of glass and light. He uses his own high-vacuum coating system to apply thin metal films to glass, thus challenging the boundaries of the medium.
