Facing the Unfamiliar

In the 1960s, Wendell Castle was among the first in the U.S. to combine the worlds of sculpture and design, kickstarting his 60-year career at the forefront of contemporary art. Continually evolving technologies allowed Castle to focus on maximising two qualities in his work: volume and scale. The larger-than-life aluminium frame of Facing the Unfamiliar, spanning nearly two metres, leaps off the wall to envelop the viewer. Castle’s three-dimensional abstraction is rendered in a carved finish, homage to his days of working wood by hand and his taste for tactile surfaces.