SCULPTURE / CONCEPTSPasi Kirkkopelto

CONCEPTS

ORGANIC FORM

GEOMETRIC FORM

MASS

VOLUME

ORGANIC FORM / NATURAL, EVOLVING / HENRY MOORE

ORGANIC FORM

• Natural, imitating nature

• evolving

• free rhythm

• soft transitions and arching forms

HENRY MOORE

• human figures

• positive form and negative space

• volume

• Inside & outside at the same time

MOORE IN HIS OWN WORDS:

‘A piece of stone can have a hole through it and not be weakened - if the hole is of a studied size, shape and direction. On the principle of the arch, it can remain just as strong. The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation. The hole connects one side to the other, making it immediately more three-dimensional. A hole can itself have as much shape-meaning as a solid mass. Sculpture in air is possible, where the stone contains only the hole, which is the intended and considered form. The mystery of the hole - the mysterious fascination of caves in hillsides and cliffs’ (‘The Sculptor Speaks’ in The Listener, 18 August 1937; reprinted op. cit., p.xxxiv).

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-recumbent-figure-n05387/text-catalogue-entry

Video: https://youtu.be/Hr09gZitg1s

ORGANIC FORM / NATURAL, EVOLVING / HENRY MOORE

GEOMETRIC/CONSTRUCTED FORM / AMILCAR DECASTRO

CONSTRUCTED FORM

• manmade

• geometric forms

• mathematical rhythm

• Flat surfaces, straight lines, symmetrical curves

• e.g.-- cubes, spheres, pyramids

AMILCAR DE CASTRO

• geometric form

• abstract

• positive / negative space

GEOMETRIC/CONSTRUCTED FORM / AMILCAR DECASTRO

GEOMETRIC/CONSTRUCTED FORM / AMILCAR DECASTRO

BLENDING ORGANIC AND GEOMETRIC / MARTTI AIHA / RUMBA

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fi/0/0f/Martti_Aiha_Rumba_1992.jpg

CONCEPTS OF SCULPTURE | MASS

CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI : KISS

• What does this work consist of?

• What properties/qualities does this work have?

info: minimalism

• How is it made?

• What kind of tool?

• What does the work depict?

• What feelings does it evoke? How does it do it - by which visual means?

Definition: The outside size and bulk of an object, such as a building or a sculpture; also the visual weight of an object.

JU MING TAI CHI-SERIES

• Compare the sculture above to ”the Kiss”

• What similarities can you notice?

• What differences?

• What qualities does it have other than the Brancusi Kiss?

• What does this sculpture depict?

• How is this related to space?

A STEP FORWARD: JU MING TAICHI-SERIES

Push Hand Untitled

MASS AND MOVEMENT: JU MING TAICHI-SERIES

MASS AND MOVEMENT: JU MING TAICHI-SERIES

Taichi single whip Arch

• How is this sculpture different from the other Ju Ming sculptures?

• How does it influence the whole sculpture?

• Does it change it's relationship with the spectator, surrounding area?

CONCEPTS OF SCULPTURE / VOLUME

Look at these three images: What do they all have in common?

• How are they different from Brancusi Kiss or Ju Ming sculptures?

• What similarities do you notice?

Gianlorenzo Bernini: David Myron: Discobolus Henry Moore: Detail

Konstantin Brancusi : Kiss Gianlorenzo Bernini : David

mass: closed, unified form, The outside size and bulk of an object, such as a building or a sculpture; the visual weight of an object.

volume: form and the open space within the form, also the area of influence the sculpture has

Describes the space within a form, such as that of a container or building.

CONCEPTS OF SCULPTURE: VOLUME

CONCEPTS OF SCULPTURE / VOLUME

Look at the four views of Gianlorenzo Bernini’s David

CONCEPTS OF SCULPTURE / VOLUME

Look at the thin human figures of Alberto Giacometti on the left and compare the sculpture with Japanese bonsai art - miniature trees and forests

• How can separate parts form a whole?

• What qualities do they need to have?

CONCEPTS OF SCULPTURE: VOLUME