Wichita from American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Print Portfolio
1997 · One from a portfolio of forty lithographs
composition (irreg.): 7 9/16 × 7 5/8" (19.2 × 19.3 cm); sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 11/16" (24.5 × 32.2 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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James Seawright
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Video Art: A History
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1983–1984
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The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967
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James Seawright pioneered kinetic and electronic sculpture from the 1960s onward, treating motors, lights, and responsive sensors as sculptural materials in their own right. His motorized abstract forms explored rhythm, temporality, and the viewer's direct encounter with mechanical process, positioning technology as a generative force rather than merely a tool. Working across several decades, Seawright developed a distinctive vocabulary of engineered systems that challenged the boundaries between sculpture and temporal art.
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New York, US
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