…they must not be considered as merely continuations of the classical tradition. Plaster casts display the specifically modernist impulse to include the artist’s hand. Part of plaster’s allure is it’s fluidity which makes it easy for the artist to make impressions on the material itself. Plaster communicates a sense of process that is attractive in our contemporary age. Clay records the impressions of fingerprints, and the plaster captures such intricacies.