I ordered my flowers pots online, but what arrived in the mail was completely different. I bought it under the impression I'd be receiving terra-cotta pots rather than the plastic ones I received in the mail. After solidifying some ideas in regards to my sculpture, I spray painted the pots green. The first coat.
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Above is the planning page I did for the project over Spring Break. I'm planning on doing a stacked flower pot (spray painted) with real plants and fake plants, and over time have the real plants deteriorate. Some supplies I bought Monday. The left is mesh wrap and the right are the two spray paints I'll use.
I have not quite finished attaching the final eyes to the wire frames, and I hope to finish that this week. All of the following pictures are in chronological order! This was the material I first started with: Continuous contour line drawings I used for inspiration/reference: This was the first wire face I made: Wire faces I made over the following weeks: Here are some detail shots of one of my favorite wire frames: An example of the process of making one of the wire sculptures: This is an example of the a completed wire sculpture (the same one that the detail shots above come from): Last week, during a fire drill I decided to get started on taking the pictures of eyes to attach to the wire frames. Here are all the pictures of eyes that I used: I printed the eye images out last week to all be on bristol paper and about 4 inches by 3 inches. I would cut out the eye images, glue the matching ones, and then laminate them. I have not completely finished my sculpture yet but I will be sure to add a new post when I have finished attaching the wire frames to a new hula hoop.
But for now, this is my artist statement: basically, this sculpture features wire frames, all a bit different, with different eyes attached to the frame. I wanted to experiment, like I did with my abstract expressionist painting, with organic and inorganic. Instead of texture, I decided to go in the a more literal sense and paired wire frames with the "organic" nature of eyes. The final sculpture is supposed to be a representation of how even though we're all made from the same stuff (the "inorganic" parts, even though in real life they're organic but they're all made from the same chemical compounds and same structures), each one of us has a unique take on the "frame" of the human body and our faces are all distinctly our own. Mary Magdalene 1994 Sculpture, cast silicon bronze, forged steel 154.4 x 52.1 x 54.6 cm. Pace Gallery, New York City Biography:
Kiki Smith is a German-American artist. Her father, Tony Smith, was an artist, and although her work takes on a very different form than that of her parents, growing up she was influenced by her father's process of geometric sculptures. She was able to experience formal sculpture craftsmanship firsthand. This, coupled with the influence of the Catholic church and her curiosity about the shape of the human body shaped her work conceptually. She enrolled at Hartford Art School in 1974 but dropped out, and around 1978 she joined Collaborative Projects Inc., an artists' collective devoted to making art accessible through exhibitions outside galleries. Art: Following her father's death in 1980 and her sister's death to AIDS, Smith's art began to investigate the mortality of the human body. She began to create works that explored human organs and bodily fluids, which also had social significance in response to the AIDS crisis and women's rights. Mary Magdalene, the sculpture shown above, was inspired by the depictions of Mary Magdalene in Southern german sculpture where she is depicted as a "wild woman". This is an example of Smith's non-traditional use of the female nude. Her avant-garde style also ended up depicting holy figures from her Catholic background, like the crucifixion of Jesus. She also has created works that depict animals, whose ferocity and vulnerability echo the human condition. Studio tour of Kiki Smith - She talks about her art and some of her works Article - 1. How did Smith's background effect her work in the future? 2. What themes did Smith try to tackle with her sculpture? With Mary Magdalene specifically? 3. What impact did Smith's sculptures have on the larger community as a whole? The basic premise of my painting has not changed, which was a comparison of the geometric and the organic. I began with the idea of waves of slabs of paint underneath flat circles. You can see in the second image I had the idea of using lavender on my painting as a contrast, but after seeing it I realized that it did not fit the color palette and overall didn't look good. I scraped it off and went with a gradient of yellow for the waves. At the last moment, I decided to drip red paint from one of the circles to create a focal point.
Helen Frankenthaler was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. She was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was born and raised in a wealthy Manhattan family. Her parents realized she had artistic talent when she was young. When she was 15, she began to study under painter Rufino Tamayo. She drew inspiration from Franz Kline and Jackson Pollock.
It's nearly impossible to characterize Frankenthaler's art because of the many shifts and phases she went through. Usually, she is distinguished from other abstract expressionist painters with her innovative soak-stain technique. Her signature style comes from painting an unprimed canvas with oil paints she highly diluted with turpentine. The colors would soak onto the canvas that created a translucent effect similar to watercolors. This technique made Color Field painting more famous. The forms and shapes of her art originally were fluid shapes, abstract masses, and lyrical gestures. As time went on, she began to experiment with linear shapes and organic forms. She'd often experiment with different types of paints, such as oil and acrylic. Frankenthaler continued to evolve and grow as an artist, and later in career she would experiment with printmaking and woodcuts. Background information Audio & short passage on Mountains and Sea Questions to answer: 1. What differentiates Mountain and Sea from other abstract expressionist paintings of the time? 2. Who were her inspirations? Compare and contrast her work and techniques to her inspirations. 3. How did Frankenthaler's work effect the larger art community? I have decided on this photo for my project.These are a couple of face studies I did in my sketchbook.And these are some of my own face studies I've done in my sketchbook.Over the next few days during the break, I hope to work and make great progress in my self portrait project.
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