"Reincarnation" Heejung Kimbook sculpture w/mixed media
Kim focuses on making sculptural books, like this, and he uses various materials such as found objects and cloth. this piece features tons of small white sculptures with eye balls painted on them encased in a black thorny book cover. the shapes really captivate me. even though everything is sharp and jagged the use of black and white really changes the mood of said shapes. the white pieces, however jagged, are more inviting because of the softer color and the eyeballs add a sense of being watched over. the black cover is a certainly a deterrent to the inviting "heaven" within. i would like to have that dynamic in my pieces--have them be both inviting and yet uninviting and almost dangerous at the same time.
"A Tree for Anable Basin" Chico MacMurtrie and Amphoric Robot WorksAluminum sculpture installation
this floating installation is located on the waterfront of Long Island City in New York. i absolutely love this sculpture! it addresses the issue of man vs. nature with this organic shape of a tree being created by a man made material. it also address the ecological relationship between man and nature as well by showing the landscape undergoing a change in artificial development. haha this kind of reminds me of this spongebob episode where squidward goes to the future and everything is chrome!
after squidward runs to the window a piece of coral pops out of the chrome sand and is cute, and pink and natural but then a van drives up and a guy jumps out and spray paints it chrome and runs away. :P in all seriousness it makes you wonder what will nature be like in the future? will it be artificially produced like this tree sculpture to give the impression of something natural without having the actual organic forms?
"Yellow Oak" Sal Villanowire sculpture
18'x 17'x 17'
okay, this one is going along with the theme of man made materials being used to create organic forms. this piece has meticulously recreated the image of a real living tree. in fact, if i didn't already know that is was a sculpture, i would have thought it was one of those bonsai trees. I like this piece because, unlike "A Tree for Anable Basin," it pays attention to the details that a natural tree would have and not of what a person would like a tree to look like. this piece shows more of a dedication to the natural world, and not trying to impose too much human based influences other than material onto it.
Topiary is also a fantastic example of man imposing their influence on nature, forcing it to form and look a certain way other than what mother nature intended.
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