We are saddened to learn of the death of artist Lee Bontecou, whose influential wall-mounted sculptural works made her famous in the 1960s. The artist wanted these works, including "Untitled," 1960, in the Buffalo AKG’s collection, to represent freedom, in both its positive and negative aspects. Bontecou listened to the radio as she worked in the 1960s, and her multi-layered sculptures that incorporated wire sutures, saw teeth, and mysterious voids often seemed to reflect the tumultuous contemporary news related to, for example, the Cold War and unrest in Africa. She emphasized the dichotomy in her work in a statement to @themuseumofmodernart in 1963, in which she described “the fear, hope, ugliness, beauty, and mystery that exists in us all and which hangs over all the young people today.”* . [Lee Bontecou (American, 1931–2022. "Untitled," 1960. Welded steel, canvas, and wire, 43 1/2 x 51 3/4 x 12 inches (110.5 x 131.5 x 30.5 cm). Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1961 (K1961:8). © Lee Bontecou. All Rights Reserved / Freedman Art] . *Karen Rosenberg, “Galaxies of Wire, Canvas, and Velvety Soot,” "Art and Design: Art Review," "The New York Times,” August 12, 2010. Quoted in "The Long Curve: 150 Years of Visionary Collecting at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery" (Skira, 2011), page 138. #BuffaloAKG #LeeBontecou