David Black Urban Sculpture As Proto-architecture

David Black terms his large scale sculptures 'Proto-Architecture' .. a combining of architectural forms: columns, arch-like units, canopies, benches.. with sculptural elements: imagery, a mix of stable forms with high energy, projecting movement. Black, in fact, began his college career as a physics major. His highly imaginative constructions are carefully engineered. He's what the Russian constructivists called an 'artist-engineer'. Urban Sculpture as Proto-Architecture documents David Black s public sculptures, with essay by Donald Kuspit, interview by Frauke Sandig of Umbrella Films, and notes by the artist.