Whereas Jimmy Lee Sudduth finger - painted with pigment - tinted mud, Hubert Walters fashioned his Passenger Ship out of discarded furniture pieces and Bondo — an industrial putty that is a staple of
auto body shops and carpenter tool sheds.
Whereas New York sculpture from David Smith to Joel Shapiro sprang from the city street, the scrap - metal yard and foundry, Los Angeles sculpture is rooted more in the
auto -
body shop, the casual craft of movie props and the monstrous cuteness of Disneyland.