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LiteratureNote
Donald Albrecht, AutoPlastic: Wendell Castle, 1968-1973, exhibition catalogue (New York: R 20th Century, 2004).
Natalie Axton, "The Furniture of Wendell Castle: Serious Whimsy," Chronogram (Kingston, NY), December 2012.
Gamal El-Zoghby, "Designed for Contemplation," Craft Horizons (March/April 1970).
Alastair Gordon, Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms—1959-1979 (New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2012).
Susan Hodara, "When Furniture Wandered into Sculpture," New York Times, November 9, 2012.
Robert C. Morgan, "Wendell Castle: On the Radical Edge of Livable Forms," Wendell Castle: Rockin', exhibition catalogue (New York: Barry Friedman Ltd. and Friedman Benda LLC, 2010).
"Museums Take Up Environment Issues," Art Digest Newsletter, March 1, 1979.
Barbara Plumb, "Space Shapers," American Home (May 1970).
"Some New Dodges, or Room to Ponder," New York, January 26, 1970.
Davira S. Taragin, Edward S. Cooke, Jr., and Joseph Giovannini, Furniture by Wendell Castle (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1989).
"Time for Spaces," Time (February 12, 1976).Note Type
CommentsNote
Castle was one of sixteen artists asked to create a piece for the Contemplation Environments exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York.
In this piece, Castle furthers his exploration of biomorphism. An outsized cabinet large enough for an individual to enter completely, Environment for Contemplation evoked comparisons with a womb. Castle attached fiberglass globules cast from existing lamp molds (see Benny, II.3) the further suggest the primordial.
The interior comprises a reclining bucket seat, skylight, four inches of foam padding, and a natural-colored fokati rug. The exterior light turns on when occupied.