WOVEN STRUCTURES

1960 – 1968

Robert Mates

“Drain Plate and Cable” (1963) 12” x 6” x 6”

“Hanging Expansion” (1964) 5' x 4'

telephone wire, sisal twine

Robert Mates

“22 Tangle” (1968-9) 6’ x 2’

rusted steel cable with fluorescent paint,

steel chain link fence

Robert Mates

“Stilt Structure” (1968) 6’4” x 15”

Steel rods, steel cable, painted orange

Collection of Marty Melzer

“Rope and Cable Structure” (1964) 26” x 29” rusted steel cable, tarred rope

Robert Mates

“Shirt” (1964) 9” x 7” x 4”

crocheted tarred twine

“Sheath” (1965) 4 1/2” x 3 1/2”

linen cord on tarred rope

“Creature” (1965) 12” x 2 1/2” linen cord, telephone wire

“East 92nd” (1969) 3’6” x 4’ x 10’ steel and aluminum chain link fences, aluminum cable

Shunk and Kender

“Big Aluminum 1” (1966) 3’ x 9” x 12’ aluminum cable, aluminum chain link fence

Rudy Burckhardt

“Big Aluminum 2” (2012) 4’ x 7’ x 12’ aluminum chain link fence

“Knitted Structure” (1968) various dimensions to 70’ x 50’

Spool knitting structure made of sisal twine by group of Adams’ students for a class at

California State College at Los Angeles

8mm stop-motion film of the construction by Bill Gordy