For our fine art class, we were asked to do some contextual research on three different artists; a painter, a sculptor and a printmaker. The painter I decided to do some research on is Sean Scully. Scully is an Irish painter that was born in Dublin in 1945 and a couple years after he was Read More…
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Sculpture – Idea Writeup
For our sculpture class, we were asked to come up with a sculpture that would be placed by the University in the playpark. I decided to focus on my cut in half flower sculpture as I feel it was the better idea of the two ideas I had come up with. The reason for my Read More…
Sculpture – Contextual Research, Jeff Koons
The third and final sculptor I decided to do some research on is Jeff Koons. Koons was born in 1955 in York, Pennsylvania and went on to study at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and the School of Art Institute of Chicago, receiving his BFA from the former in 1976. Koons started Read More…
Sculpture – Contextual Research, Tony Cragg
The second person I decided to do some research on for sculpture is Tony Cragg. Cragg was born in Liverpool in 1949 but ended up moving to Germany in 1977 and still lives there to this day. In the early days of Cragg’s work, his work consisted of installations of discarded materials and found objects. Read More…
Sculpture – Contextual Research, Damien Hirst
For our contextual research for our sculpture class, we were asked to do research on three sculptors. The first sculptor I decided to research is Damien Hirst. Hirst was born in Bristol in 1965 and grew up in Leeds. A couple years later, in 1984, he moved to London where he worked in construction before Read More…
Sculpture – 3 angle views
For our sculpture class, we were also asked to recreate our sculptures onto 3 angles of a spot we would have our sculpture built on to show what it would look like. Below are my drawings: I decided to only recreate my split flower sculpture as I thought it was the better idea of the Read More…
Sculpture – Model
For our sculpture class, we were asked to make a model of our sculpture idea. Below is the model I made: I did my best to recreate my split flower sculpture using plasticine and wire. I didn’t quite make the petals big enough and I ended up having to prop them up against a bottle Read More…
Sculpture – Ideas
For our sculpture class, we were asked to come up with some ideas for a sculpture that would be built near the play park next to the uni. Below are my ideas: My first idea was for the diagram of the inside of a flower sculpture. This could be educational for children to learn about Read More…