Sculpt with Fletcher Benton
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Fletcher Benton moved from a small town in Ohio to San Francisco in the late 1950s to pursue his dream of becoming a painter, yet found success as a sculptor. In the 1960s he began experimenting with kinetic sculpture, or art that moves. It was the golden age of kinetic art, and Benton's colorful sculptures made of metal and plastic won him accolades from the art world. Spark visits Benton in his sculpture studio, and at the de Saisset Museum in Santa Clara during their exhibits "Flashing Back" and "Eye on the Sixties," which feature an eclectic mix of paintings, drawings, and sculptures made in the 1960s.
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