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163 Words; STATEMENTS III LOUISE NEVELSON IN A piece called "THE BRIDE OF THE BLACK MOON" she explained that THE BRIDE was on a voyage and BLACK MAJESTY was an image of a continent-identified with Africa. In back of all my work is the image of the symbol. I compose my work pretty much as a poet does, only instead of the word I use the plastic form for my images. Despite such occasional infusions of imagery and sumbolism, our abstract sculpture has been more faithful than our abstract [[crossed out]]sculp[[crossed out]] painting to an aesthetic of pure form. Why this should be it is difficult to say, unless it is because sculpture-whether constructed, carved, or modeled-deals inevitably in physical volumes. It cannot closely approach the [[crossed out]]physical[[crossed out]] insubstantial effects of painting-the mists of color, the stains and washes, the lost contours, the blending of shapes. Concrete and three-dimensional by nature, sculpture offers the artist a language of form which is tangible and immediate. Many have responded.