The title of the exhibition fits well: from his earliest object on display, Hunting Dogs
Project (1961), a model for a
public garden in the form of a maze, to PN27 Penetrable, made in 1979, a year before his death, there is a definite drive in the artist's
work to contain a boundless and unpredictable human body, including the collective body — with all its joyful and painful emotions — within a
certain aesthetic frame.
Aside: When we last posted about the New Deal - looking for a New Green Deal in the future - several commenter's pointed out that
certain US economists feel that such
Public Works Administration funded
projects slowed down recovery from the Great Depression.