Tuesday, March 15, 2011

V. Alter Ego

Alter Ego: a second self, a second personality or persona within a person, who is often oblivious to the persona's actions.




Armature: framework around which the sculpture is built.

Aoki, Where It Grows

Mark di Suvero Voxal 2000

Nancy Rubins, Big Pleasure Point

Pablo Picasso, Bull

Paul Matisse, The Musical Fence


Texture: the tactile aspect of surface, actual or implied.

Eva Hesse, Contingent

Iris Goldstein, Landscape Structure

Jacqueline Rush Lee, Endoskeleton

Pablo Picasso, Head of a Warrior

Zeger Reyers, Untitled

Structure: a complex entity constructed of many parts.

Berlinde de Bruyckere, C. Reybrouck

Bruce Grey, Suspension

Kenneth Snelson, Bead Arch

Nicholas Galanin, What Have We Become?

Robert Morris, Interview


Abstract: referring to art which simplifies, emphasizes, or distorts qualities of a real life image, often in order to present the essence of that image.

Anthony Howe, Rooster Rings

Richard Fleischman, Mildred Andrews Putnam Sculpture

Richard Hunt, We Will

Robert Morris, Green Felt Piece

Robert Morris, Untitled (Corner Piece)

Non-representational: features no overall recognizable object or scene.

Eva Hesse, Oomamaboomba

Joseph Barbaccia, Infinity

Louise Nevelson, Maquette for Monumental Sculpture

Mark di Suvero, Beyond

Merete, Wall Pieces


Anthropomorphic abstraction: the use of abstracted elements to portray a humanlike form.

Aleksandr Archipenko, Woman Combing her Hair

Germaine Richier, The Sheperd of the Landes

Henry Moore, Reclining Figure

Lila, Doubting

Lynn Chadwick, Maquette II


Geometric abstraction: the use of geometric forms (often in patterns) to create abstraction.

Claes Oldenburg, Fan (Hard Model)

Donald Judd, Untitled 1963

Eva Hesse, 1 Rope

Louise Nevelson, Night Leaf

Man Ray, Silver Chess Set

Mask: a covering for all or part of the face.







Proportion: comparative relationship of parts in terms of size, value, color, etc., independent of any specific measurement.

Bob Carpenter, Bobkidu series

Carl Fredrick, Non Violence Knotted Gun

Erwin Wurm, Big Gulp Lying

Ron Mueck, Mask II

Simpson, Hip Hop Rapper


Emphasis: use of design elements to concentrate visual attention on particular areas or elements.

Chris Gilmour, Piano

Jean Tinguely, One of Us

Mike Nelson, Untitled

Nenad Stankovic, Line

Wendy Mayer,  Self Portrait


Specific mask references:




 










 

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