Sunday, 9 March 2014

Joseph Beuys

German Fluxus, happening, performance artist
was also involved with sculpture, installation art, graphic art and art theory.

 Beuys' Theory of Social Sculpture


"My objects are to be seen as stimulants for the transformation of the idea of sculpture. . . or of art in general. They should provoke thoughts about what sculpture can be and how the concept of sculpting can be extended to the invisible materials used by everyone.
THINKING FORMS--how we mold our thoughts or
SPOKEN FORMS--how we shape our thoughts into words or
SOCIAL SCULPTURE--how we mold and shape the world in which we live:
SCULPTURE AS AN EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; EVERYONE IS AN ARTIST.
That is why the nature of my sculpture is not fixed and finished, processes continue in most of them: chemical reactions, fermentations, color changes, decay, drying up. Everything is in a state of change." 

http://www.walkerart.org/archive/F/A44369B1F42E32026178.htm

Saturday, 8 March 2014

Kurt Schwitters

Dadaist, Constructivist, Surrealist

Constructivism: An artistic and architectural philosophy which originated in 1919 Russia. It rejected the notion of autonomous art and encouraged art which addresses social issues. It played a part in shaping the Russian revolution and addressing topics such as consumerism.  

Schwitters worked with poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography and installation art.

 





Al foil sculptures

Metafoil is a stage curtain currently hanging inside the Oslo Opera House. Designed by Pae White, the large sculpture is made of cotton and polyester, but ingeniously printed to resemble a massive sheet of aluminum foil. It stands at 75x36 feet and creates “a false reflection, an illusion of depth, a novel topography that disrupts expectation and challenges perception. Sculptural, seemingly spatial, the stage curtain rejects its inherent flatness” Aluminum Foil SculptureA Christie’s employee stands amongst Kader Attia’s aluminium foil sculptures entitled ‘Ghost’ at The Thinking Big auction exhibition at the Sorting Office on October 11 in London, England.