Sunday, 5 May 2013
Valerie Hegarty
Valerie Hegarty's destroyed paintings- By burning and melting the paintings they bend and take on a three dimentional form. I like the way that the faces have become distorted and destroyed. I also think its interesting how some of her work has gone from the painting and traveled into sculpture.
Sunday, 28 April 2013
Regardt van der Meulen
Regardt van der Meulen
Johannesburg-based artist Regardt van der Meulen creates fascinating steel sculptures of men that appear to be incomplete. Two of his figurative structures of fragmented men, titled Drip and Deconstructed, offer an intriguing look at the duality of the human figure. The sculptor says, "The human body with its strength and fragility lie at the core of this series of works, while exposing the illusion of safety in modern society.”
Despite a rigid shell, van der Meulen's figures are still somewhat transparent. In the literal sense, his sculpture are physically splintered. The bits of their forms that remain intact, though sturdy in their material makeup, do not compensate for the pieces that are missing, scarring the entity with holes. One could interpret this construction as a metaphor for not only the dichotomous power and vulnerability of one's physical body, but also one's emotional and mental state.
Johannesburg-based artist Regardt van der Meulen creates fascinating steel sculptures of men that appear to be incomplete. Two of his figurative structures of fragmented men, titled Drip and Deconstructed, offer an intriguing look at the duality of the human figure. The sculptor says, "The human body with its strength and fragility lie at the core of this series of works, while exposing the illusion of safety in modern society.”
Despite a rigid shell, van der Meulen's figures are still somewhat transparent. In the literal sense, his sculpture are physically splintered. The bits of their forms that remain intact, though sturdy in their material makeup, do not compensate for the pieces that are missing, scarring the entity with holes. One could interpret this construction as a metaphor for not only the dichotomous power and vulnerability of one's physical body, but also one's emotional and mental state.
Sarah Knouse
Sarah Knouse
Artist Sarah Knouse created this fantastically surreal mixed media Flamingo Sculpture out of plastic, resin and wood. I think it looks amazing and tells such a story just by the way the materials create a dripping, swamp-like effect.
Artist Sarah Knouse created this fantastically surreal mixed media Flamingo Sculpture out of plastic, resin and wood. I think it looks amazing and tells such a story just by the way the materials create a dripping, swamp-like effect.
Friday, 26 April 2013
Nick van Woert
Nick van Woert
Nick van Woert's plaster bust with coloured plastic splattered in there faces.
I find these pieces exciting as some of them look like they are defying gravity as they would have been constucted on and made up side down.
I find the shapes that the materials make interesting; this has given me alot of ideas for my work.
The resin poured onto the bust as it was layed face down.
Nick van Woert's plaster bust with coloured plastic splattered in there faces.
I find these pieces exciting as some of them look like they are defying gravity as they would have been constucted on and made up side down.
I find the shapes that the materials make interesting; this has given me alot of ideas for my work.
The resin poured onto the bust as it was layed face down.
Evan Blackwell's Melted Straw Sculptures
Evan Blackwell’s Straw Sculptures
Staws heated, melted and fused together.
This goes on a little bit of a tangent from my project but it still links in with the idea of materials making there own journey and the material working themself.
The straws have reacted in the same way that the wax does when it melts and folds into itself.
I just think that the way the straws have melted into themselves is interesting
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