Minimalist sculptor Fred Sandback’s works consists of vertical string scultures that look like they’re missing parts. He stretched yarn horizontally, vertically, or diagonally at different scales and in varied configurations. The yarn is help up without any visible hooks or taping.

In the true spirit of Minimalist art, the sculptures use basic geometric shapes as outlines. These “empty” sculptures ask the viewer’s brain to perceive the rest of the form. In describing his work he stated, “It’s a consequence of wanting the volume of sculpture without the opaque mass that I have the lines.” and “I did have a strong gut feeling from the beginning though, and that was wanting to be able to make sculpture that didn’t have an inside.”

Fred Sandback committed suicide in his studio at the age of 59 in 2003.

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Photos taken by Julia Chesky