“We take four planes and we construct with them the same volume as of four tons of mass.”

— Naum Gabo

quote, 1920; from Tate Modern, London: Naum Gabo http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/gabo-head-no-2-t01520
A method known as 'stereometric construction' was central to Gabo's work, by which form was achieved through the description of space rather than the establishment of mass (Tate Modern)
1918 - 1935

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