Quote of the day
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
Kenneth Snelson
Born: June 29, 1927
Died: December 22, 2016 (aged 89)
Bio: Kenneth Duane Snelson was an American contemporary sculptor and photographer. His sculptural works are composed of flexible and rigid components arranged according to the idea of 'tensegrity'. Snelson preferred the descriptive term floating compression.
Known for:
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, D.C.)
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco)
- Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton)
- Kröller-Müller Museum (Otterlo)
- Carnegie Museum of Art