Fred Sandback
Born in 1943, Bronxville, United States
Lives and works in New York City, United States
Overview
Deploying light, shadow, scale and gravity, Fred Sandback’s work creates striking perceptual effects in response to the surrounding architecture. Using commercial acrylic yarn, Sandback usually traces the space between different points on floors, ceilings, and walls, creating shapes by outlining planes or volumes and constructing the illusion of a pane of glass or shimmering lines of color.Read more