The Empty Room, Seymour Lipton

The Empty Room, 1964

Seymour Lipton (1903- )

Can be found in the NYS Plaza 

1) High Relief 

2) Nickel-Silver on Monel Metal

3) This sculpture has an interesting volume. The round pieces at the top give it an unique form. 

4) There are some rough lines in this sculpture. The Nickel-Silver doesn't form straight ruts but the artist does try to file down the material to make it as smooth as possible. There aren't many geometric forms.  

5) Not much space is added to this sculpture. Some space is in between the top structure and the main body part. 

6) No additional color is added. The brownish color is form the Nickel-Silver. 

7) The plaza does show one light added to make this piece of work stand out more. I personally think that the light makes this piece look more powerful. 

8) The Nickel-Silver on Monel Metal must have been melted and smoothed out to form this sculpture. Lipton had to use many specific tools to make this smooth.