
Arik Levy's Rocks: sculpture and geometry | Tangente
Arik Levy's "Rocks"
"I was more interested in the possibilities for reflections that the work offered than in the work itself: each work offers views that would be impossible without it."


"I was more interested in the possibilities for reflections that the work offered than in the work itself: each work offers views that would be impossible without it."


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