Kenneth Snelson

Wiggins Fork

1967

stainless steel and wire

46 3/4 x 140 x 120 inches

Lent by Diamond-Newman Fine Arts LLC. Installation support has been provided by those who generously raised their paddles at deCordova’s Party for the Park 2014.

Born 1927 in Pendleton, Oregon

Kenneth Snelson creates abstract sculptures that are influenced by the artist’s interest in the underlying structure of the universe, and the intersection of mathematical and artistic principles. Constructed with stainless steel rods and tension wires, Snelson’s sculptures are engineered to appear light and effortless despite their strength in design.  More...