VI. Toy, Game or Invention

Play/Invent: participate in games or sport, the creation of something in the mind.


Mass: perceived weight or density of an object or area.

Chris Gilmour, Fiat 500

Julie Simon, Walking Object

Madgalena Abakanowicz, Ninety five figures from the crowd of one thousand ninety five figure

Richard Sweeney, Forms in Paper

Tom Otterness, Mama Pig

Weight: the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity.

Anthony Ingolia, Table Lamp

Mark di Suvero, Schubert's Sonata

Nam June Paik, Who's your Tree

Robert Carr, Paper Sculpture

Robyn Horn, Impromptu

Gravity: the force of attraction between all masses in the universe.

Claus Oldenburg, Spitzhacke Kasse

Eduardo Chillida, Eulogy to Water

Magdalena Abakanowicz, Gruby

Rebecca Horn, Yin & Yang

Robert Morris, Vetti III

Presence: the state of being present; current existence.
Absence: lacking: nonexistent.

(The above terms have sculptures to represent them on II. Line and Space)

Negative space: open space penetrating openings and surrounding the outer contour of a shape or form; the ground in a figure-ground relationship. That space which is controlled or affected by a shape or form.

Bruno Catalano, Missing Pieces

Edward Tufte, Negative Space Study

Mathilde Roussel-Giraudy, Negative Space Pillow

Olafur Eliasson, Your House (Inside A Book)

Peter Murphy, Timelapse

Dollhouses:

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

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