Hannah Rose Garrido

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Experimental Sculpture Collection

Rooted Island (back), A Contorted Infinity (left), and Community (right) wood, thread, wire, masking tape, gel medium, gesso, ink Tallest sculpture is 14in in height

Sculpture 1

Sculpture 2

Sculpture 3

Artist Reflection Statement:

The three-sculpture collection consisting of Rooted Island, A Contorted Infinity, and Community are all non-objective works that explore organic forms and lines. My intent with these sculptures was to visually communicate ideas and I wanted to focus on a specific goal for each piece to try and create a piece that exemplifies that goal. I strived to create negative space for Rooted Island, focal point for A Contorted Infinity, and repetition for Community. This piece allowed me to explore manipulating materials to make them look entirely different and challenging me to not use them for their traditional use. I want to keep exploring and to learn of different ways one can manipulate material to create something that looks entirely different from what it did originally

Inspiration:

Mira Schendel
http://craftcouncil.org/post/letter-editor-threads.

Odine Lang

http://www.odinelang.de/

Erik Palmquist
erikpalmquist.myportfolio.com

Visual Symbols

Sculpture 1

Confined by Time
Air-dry clay, ink, wire
4 inches

Sculpture 2

Time Through Different Eyes
Air-dry clay, ink, wire
8 inches

Artist Reflection Statement:

The sculpture entitled Confined by Time was inspired by the effect time has on life. My intent was to visually communicate how we are all made up of time and cannot escape it, we are contained by time. A clock is draped on top of a figural bust in such a way that the figure appears to be engulfed by it.

The second sculpture entitled Time Through Different Eyes ties into the same idea as the first sculpture and is inspired by the thought of how we are time. My intent with this sculpture was to visually communicate this thought. I focused on the diverse ways we as humans log time. I did this by making the main figure resemble a grandfather clock and creating ten symbols that represent time such as stopwatches, hourglasses, watches, and the 60-minute timers. I want to keep exploring the narrative of time.

Research:

The Clock
Christian Marclay

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/lists/five-ways-christian-marclays-clock-does-more-just-tell-time

Through this 24-hour-long montage of film clips that depict clocks, Marclay invites an audience to come and watch his film. In this piece, Marclay asks the viewer to consider the implications of time. It is constantly present and when watching the film, it’s near impossible to ignore its significance.

Untitled (Perfect Lovers)
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/time-art_n_4519734

This work of art is a representation of how we are made up of time itself. The two clocks next to one another is a representation of the artist and their partner. His partner's clock stops while he keeps going, symbolizing that his partner had passed. The idea that we are time is evident in this piece.