WHAT SCULPTURE IS

                

Contemporary Sculpture is a wide-ranging and fascinating subject.Three dimensions are existent spaces that get rid of the difficulty of illusionism and of interpreting space. It began with abstract expressionism & conceptual art & currently sculpture is now one of many forms of art that mixed media artists participate in. Today galleries & museums are not the only way to present an artwork, there has been lots of other creative ways. The possibilities are endless.

       Nana April Jun

      ‘SHE DIED IN THE SEA’ 4:06

      Nana April Jun researches the hallucinogenic qualities of noise has been described as grey but has also been said to have more in common with natural landscapes than processed noises.

 http://soundcloud.com/nanaapriljun/she_died_in_the_sea

 Dan Flavin

Dan Flavin is artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures.  His work is not about the object, it’s about the environment.  It isn’t about the lighting fixture, or the bulb. It’s about the light. How it bounces off the wall, or what happens when two colours comingle and combine into another, brighter light.

 http://www.artblogny.com/2009-11/dan-flavin-installation-artist

 Candas Sisman

 FLUX 2010

 This video is dedicated to the famous sculptor İlhan Koman. His unique design approach in his form studies also inspires contemporary art works. The video installation Flux by young artist Candas Sisman can be defined as a digital animation which is inspired from the structural features of some of İlhan Koman’s works. This work is not designed directly at Koman’s works. The subjective reading of Koman’s approach can be observed.

With the integration of the sounds of various materials – which Koman used in his sculptures – Flux turns into an impressive spacial experience. Flux, also exemplifies that Koman’s work can be re-interpreted by the analysis and manipulation of form in the digital medium.

 http://vimeo.com/15395471

Mark Jenkins

Washington DC 2006

Materials used - Packaging tape in clothing

          Thomas Houseago

‘Baby’

He is a figurative sculptor who uses materials such as plaster and plywood.  His work references genres such as Classicism, Cubism and Futurism and plays on the history and tradition of statues. Thomas Housago’s work playfully subverts the expectation of sculpture.

Half of ‘Babys’ muscular form is rendered from messy rivulets of plaster, half from flattened surfaces that bear the imprint of heavy pencil-marks. It looks ready to spring into action, or at least learn how to take its first infant steps – except that it's almost three metres high.

Marina Abramovic


Shown at Gravity, Crawford Art Gallery 2011


4 mins, 10 sec, August, 1980


Video Performance

The artist and her partner hold a bow and arrow, the arrow pointing at Abramovic’s heart, the weight of their bodies balanced and maintaining tension. A microphone recording of their heartbeats can be heard, accelerating as the video progressed.

Aideen Barry

'Vacuuming in a vacuum'

2009

plastic, rubber, fiberglass and silicone

It is manifested as a half-human half-vacuum cleaner, floating in an un-natural way in a zero-gravity vacuum.

Video Performance

http://culturehall.com/artwork.html?page=14659

Bill Durgin

Photographer

'Figure Studies'

Chie Aoki

Japanese Sculptor

'Transforming Bodies'

 

The fascination of sculpture will never be explained. It is apparent that the artistic medium of sculpture is a unique one. Sculpture allows the artist to have an intimate relationship with their work being created.

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