Sam Lewitt at Whitney Biennial 2012

Sam Lewitt's artwork Fluid Employment was presenented at the 2012 Whitney Biennial in New York. For this piece, Lewitt's subject is ferrofluid, a liquid that becomes strongly magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field because of the tiny magnetic particles that are suspended in the carrier liquid. Sam Lewitt's installation combines miniature ferrofluid sculptures with fans that manipulate the form of the objects in regular intervals.

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