Alan Saret’s practice includes sculpture, drawing, painting, architecture, geometry study, writing, language study, music, furniture-making, and growing food and flowers. He is best known for the flexible sculptures, composed of wire, rubber, and other industrial materials, that he has created since 1967, including this work formed from chicken-wire. After a three-year sojourn in India in early 1970s, Saret returned to making art and became deeply invested in the exploration of numerical and geometric conceptions of space. While his work was initially labeled “anti-form” to distinguish it from hard-edged Minimalism, Saret stresses its organic and illusionistic qualities, describing his process as “ensoulment.” Alongside his sculptures, he also composes works on paper that involve spontaneous mark-making, geometric configurations, and mystical symbolism.
