Lee Bontecou is one of my favorite artists - she pioneered works that addressed the connections between technology and nature, before H.R. Giger's time. Once the talk of the art world, she dropped out of sight for 30 years. Now she's back with an incredible retrospective. Have you seen this piece (at right) at the Academy of Arts? This photo was taken in 1963, when it was being made in NYC:

A small gallery:

A few articles on her groundbreaking "techno-art":