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Bill Culbert (New Zealand, 1935-2019),

Sold for £620 at Sworders on Jun 23, 2020.

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Bill Culbert (New Zealand, 1935-2019), Bill Culbert (New Zealand, 1935-2019), 'Cubic Projections', 1968, exhibited by the Lisson Gallery, a plastic ball with pinholes all-over, radiating lights, inscribed 'Culbert Lisson '47', 60cm diameter Literature: David Mellor, 'The Sixties Art Scene in London', Phaidon, London, 1993, pp.180-181 for an example illustrated in a mirror-chamber. Bill Culbert was one of a handful of artists in the mid-sixties exploring kinetic and optical art forms. Cubic Projections is a light sculpture that sees the performation of a black globe allowing spots of light to be projected and a regulated flow of light at intervals to be seen, depicting the image of the bulb filament on to the surrounding surfaces. This sculpture was one of a limited edition of multiples produced and sold by the Lisson Gallery in 1968.

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