Floor Drawing #19 (Sentences III) investigates the interaction between a work of art and its surrounding space. Tuttle composed the work from a wide assortment of found materials, such as light bulbs and plywood, to blur the lines between art and everyday existence. This blurring, along with Tuttle’s humorous approach to art making (the red light bulbs are left off intentionally). This taste for commonplace materials, coupled with an appreciation for handmade, modest structures, defies a history of sculpture that is largely made of almost indestructible materials like stone and bronze, and can be difficult to understand or see as beautiful. What about this sculpture do you find yourself immediately connecting with - the materials, the color, or its playful, handmade assembly? What about this work’s creation mystifies you - its origin, its message, its relationship to traditional sculpture? Does the word “drawing” in the title offer any clues to the experimental feel of this work?

July 22, 2020