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@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz
2025-10-05 01:08:57

Enjoyed the #HarryBertoia exhibit.

Untitled Sonambient instrument/sculpture made from beryllium copper and aluminum on brass plate with 16 rods in a tight 4 × 4 layout. There are mallet-like caps on each rod, each are slightly different heights.
Closeup of an untitled graphite drawing on paper.
Closeup of another (I think) untitled Sonambient instrument/sculpture. It looks like a squarish, oversized cymbal with an unusual opening in the center that appears to be slit down the side.
Closeup of an untitled sculpture which from afar looks like a nut tree. It’s made of hundreds of beryllium copper rods with slightly flattened pods attached to the ends.
@soundclamp@mastodon.xyz
2025-09-28 00:15:04

Why did nobody tell me about this #HarryBertoia exhibit at Hosfelt Gallery in San Francisco? hosfeltgallery.com/exhibitions

Harry Bertoia
Hosfelt Gallery mounts the first major West Coast presentation of Harry Bertoia’s work since his 1956 exhibition at SFMOMA. One of the defining figures of Mid-Century Modernism, Harry Bertoia (1915–1978) made sculptures, drawings and jewelry; designed furniture that would prove to be iconic; executed more than 50 large-scale architectural commissions;...