Steve Keister, "USOs: 1978–1981"

Keister was something of a hot item in the mid-to-late ’70s, thanks to his unidentified suspended objects or "USOs." Created as a series of geometric, abstract sculptures, each was hung from the ceiling and surrounding walls by a taut network of fishing line. Keister cobbled them together out of pieces of plywood cut into angular planes painted bright colors, or covered with odd materials like ribbed rubber or snakeskin. The results—open architectural forms with a decidedly futuristic, aerodynamic feel—proved popular with collectors. Somewhat forgotten now, the work is being brought back into the public eye in care of dealer-revivalist Mitchell Algus.