Square Tubes [Series D] 1967

Editor: This is Charlotte Posenenske's "Square Tubes [Series D]," a sculpture of galvanized steel, comprised of interlocking sections. It looks like industrial ductwork escaped from a factory. What should we make of it? Curator: Well, it's interesting, isn't it? Mass-produced, and coldly functional, yet it disrupts our ideas of art. Posenenske abandoned art soon after, feeling it couldn't effect real change. Does that influence how you see it? Editor: It does. Knowing she felt art was ineffectual adds a layer of irony to something so rigid and, well, useless in this context. Curator: Exactly! It's a fascinating tension. Perhaps it's not about what it *is*, but what it *provokes*. Something for us to consider. Editor: Definitely food for thought. I see the piece a bit differently now.