Sculpture
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Configurations
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Card and photo paper cut outs, 35 x 20 cm (individual hanging pieces)
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Saturday, 3 June 2017
Maquette #1
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“Configurations”, 2016; paper cut outs, 21 x 11 cm
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Maquette: a small scale model of an unfinished sculpture used to visualize ad test shapes and ideas. On the contrary, these maquettes are the final product and make up a series of on-going explorations with low-fi, non-technical materials such as paper. The basis for these were quick observational drawings of hair from which I made several paper cut outs made from graph paper, parcel paper, tracing paper, newsprint and foamy material.
Very much inspired by Kim Kei and Larry Bell's hanging sculptures, I created forms, 'spatial drawings' of sorts, organic and quite dynamic. Islands in their own right these initial paper structures will form the skeleton of a bigger, more ambitious project that I have in mind using more experimental materials and processes.
Friday, 2 June 2017
Inspiration: Larry Bell
Bell's cube sculptures and glass installations are incredibly mesmerizing, his works being defined by the Californian "Light and Space" movement which came about in the sixties as a response to the East Coast environment. The distinctive textures of his pieces are the result of a process called 'thin film deposition' where surfaces, in his case glass, are coated with metal alloys in a vacuum chamber, altering the way light is reflected and absorbed by the material. This allows him to create illusions of depth through patterns and 'mists' that emerge from the layering of glass and which expands into the gallery space. The artist gives the viewer the freedom to make their own conclusions about his sculptures as the randomness and spontaneity of the reflection and absorption of light through his cubes and hanging sculptures such as in his Light Knot series will vary depending on perspective.
I am particularly interested in his polyester sculptures and the way their colour and shape give them the appearance of smoke. The way the material reflects light makes it look quite metallic, giving me the impression of something alien.
Thursday, 1 June 2017
Inspiration: Kim Kei
Kim Kei's process begins with the construction and combining of everyday materials and natural debris such as bits of fabric and scrap pieces of material to create ephemeral, vibrant sculptures - finished pieces of works on their own right. She proceeds to take it further by photographing these assemblages in several iterations and perspectives, translating her sculptures into ink, acrylic and oil paintings. Though these constructs more commonly reference figure and form or rather lack of it, I actually like to interpret both sculptures and paintings as galaxies, or an unreachable utopia drawn from the artist's subconscious, suspended in space. The peaks in her sculpture and tonal variation in her paintings also remind me of the way mountains and mountainous terrain are represented in maps and geological images.
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