Practice 1A: 3D Volume Rotation 17/11/14

Barry Flanagan: English sculpture and print-maker.

''Sand Muslin 2 1966. Ringn 66''

Two materials that are shapeless, sand single grain, cloth no edges,

flexible, Flanagan explores what happens when the two materials are combined and invented as something new.

In this piece (‘Ringn 66” 1966’) volume is presented by the vast amount of sand gains piled on the floor. Strategically poured from a fixed point from above this is a controlled piece. Flanagan focuses on the materials process to determine the sculptures outcome.                                                                         

Robert Morris:

 
















''Untitled 1965/71''

Minimalist, mirrored square forms, awareness of space increased volume by adding another dimension. Room becomes the sculpture rather than the actual piece, volume of space.

Richard Serra:

“One Ton Prop (House of Cards)” 

Early works. David Zwirner. Resting weight. Inside out. 2013. 

Each piece is propped up and held together by the friction of their own weight, Without the use of screws or welds in place securing the lead plates a sense of safety is replaced with one of danger, they could crash and fall at any moment but we’re forced to put our trust in the natural gravity keeping them in place.

Claes Oldenbrurg:

''Floor Cake, 1962'' 

Canvas filled with roam rubber/cardboard boxes with acrylic paint.

Artist takes things that we perceive to be rigid and makes them soft, gives new life, new perception. Enlarged sculptures of familiar objects, ‘Floor Cake, 1962’ ‘Floor Burger, 1962’, relationship with synthetic materials combined with the realism of the food that we like to eat, could suggest synthetises of the food, preservatives the are used, the materials Oldenburg uses can be preserved.

The enlarge scale makes the work seem comedic, cartoon like, unrealistic.

Eva Hesse:

''Eva Hesse, Untitled (Rope Piece), 1970, rope, latex, string, wire, variable dimensions (Whitney Museum of American Art)''

Post minimalist. Temporary, relationship with ground, hovers, not rooted, work falls and hangs from above freely, although areas are fixed in place, Hesse’s work is very loose and flexible, it falls and forms naturally.

Nicola Hicks: British artist. Makes sculptures and large charcoal drawings.

Hick’s work centres on animal forms recreating them through her own interruption in large scale sculptures. Her work has a natural element; she incorporates straw, giving her sculptures a rough finish and tactile texture.

'Albert the dog 2011''