Carl Andre (1935, Quincy) is an artistic paradox: his work challenges the traditional techniques of sculpture, yet he continues to define himself exclusively as a sculptor; he publishes and exhibits poems, but does not consider himself a poet. His practice could be characterized as poetic sculpture. For Andre, both disciplines apply the same principles, since both always combine “identical and interchangeable” elements. He works with written language as a plastic form, opting for a concrete, formal use of poetic language stripped of its descriptive properties. He describes his poetry as “constructivist.” He isolates words by removing their grammatical relationship and dissolving syntax into parataxis. Andre’s poetry is not narrative; it avoids all introspection, yet, paradoxically, many of his words are part of an autobiographical lexicon. The Seven Books of Poetry exhibited on the first floor were composed between 1960 and 1969. Thirty-six copies were published by Seth Siegelaub and Dwan Gallery, New York. The case in which they were displayed was designed by the artist in 2014.