Jeffrey Lew
Variations on Sculptural Structures and Current Situations

Jeffrey Lew suspended large plexiglass screens from the wall at an angle. City Structure with Rachel, measuring 25′ in length x 7′ in height, consisted of five transparent sections each weighing 150 pounds. The first, third, and fifth screens were blank. The second screen had a blown-up photographic image of wires while the fourth screen had a blown-up head shot of Rachel Lew. Other screens had images of friends and two panels had large pieces of rusting metal on them. Lew suspended, just in front of a wall, large dark granite chunks, each with a line of white quartz running through it. They were arranged so the viewer could connect the stripes to form a continuous line. Lew recalls, “The rocks were recovered from an Indian Holy Ground in North Carolina that was being blasted apart to build a roadway. I organized the Indians to help save the sacred material which was being destroyed.” The artist included drawings in the show.

Excerpted from Brentano, R., & Savitt, M. (1981). 112 Workshop, 112 Greene Street: History, artists & artworks. New York: New York University Press.