Ihor Holubizky (ed.), Sorel Etrog: Five Decades, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 2013, page 100
Pierre Restany, Sorel Etrog, London/Munich, 2001, pages 32-33
Following the artist's “Screw and Bolt” series, the “Hinges” series (1973-1979) emphasized the geometric bare essentials of the figure in a continued pursuit of a simplified sculptural language. Works produced in this series were often walking or in motion, with fewer examples of static standing figures.
The artist held a long-standing fascination with hinges, often sketching fanciful objects and flat planes attached with hinges. For the artist, the hinge offered an implicit range of motion with limitless possibilities. In these sculptural works, the figures have been created with a lyrical tension between the connected components of the sculptural work. Geometric and voluminous, “Hingo Study” references the artist's quintessential slim figural form and complex upper torso of the figure embodying the combination of rest and dynamism.
