Finale

Contextual for Sculpture Cluster

I have been looking at George William Hart an academic and sculptor born in 1955 who works with geometric sculptures. Hart recieved his education in Mathematics from MIT (1977), an M.A. in Linguistics from Indiana University (1979), and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT (1987)  He applies simple mathematical patterns to create abstract forms of geometry. He uses a mixture of media, including paper, wood, pencils, plastic, metal and assemblages of common household items.

The above image shows an example of a geometric shape created from pencils. The pencils are arranged in a attractive composition, demonstrating an important tension between everyday objects and this outcome of originality. I have taken this example of using geometric shapes to create my perception of megalopolis or objects overlapping with one another. The use of everyday objects is intriguing and I might consider incorporating this technique into my own work. Possibly by using paper as its relation to subways maps and architecture is crucial in expressing my theme.

I have also been looking at Sarah Sze an artist who lives and works in New York born in Boston 1969. She received her education from Yale University in 1991 and School of Visual Arts in 1997. Sze uses everyday objects to convey her ideas. The images below reveal how Sze expresses her idea by using everyday items to convey some kind of monument of objects that we take for granted. Sarah Sze’s sculpture is a gathering of household items that corresponds to the space of the architecture which her work is then considered an installation as she tries to renovate the perception of the space; she carefully considers light and movement along with a sensitive substance of colour and texture.  Sze’s use of everyday items such as lamps, water bottles, post-its, ladders, stools and teabags to convey a collection of network, each item all intimately connected together to express the formation of life.

Sarah Sze relates to my work because of the intimacy she puts into each individual piece and the connections she creates. My work is similar as it has to connect to express the network of megalopolis and how it is formed through subway lines which I conveyed by using major city subway maps. But also the geometric shapes carried a meaning of architecture, communicating the basic fundamentals of structural design which is the cube.