Sculpture Studio: Drawing

Friday, January 6, 2017

Similar to the themes present in “Sojourn,” which explores the female lifecycle, from birth to death, “Lodestar” is rife with religious and mystical symbolism offset by contemporary realism. Composed of thirty hand-painted glass panels chronicling women in various stages of life, the exhibition is laid out in one single group. Painted in a detailed style reminiscent of etching, these works revel in their feminine details. Smith first became interested in glass through Christopher Wilmarth, a friend of her father, minimalist sculptor Tony Smith. Ms. Smith says that she took a liking to blown and solid glass early in her career (the mid-1980s), an era which she laments, “suffered [from] ‘a tremendous cultural bias since this type of work was considered craft and really dismissed.’”

Not so anymore.

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This Image features: Search, 2008, Cast aluminum, white gold and gold leaf. Mirror Blossoms, 2008, Mouth blown clear antique glass, black paint, yellow and white gold-coated, Five Panels, approximately each. Silver Bird, 2006, Ink on Nepal paper with silver gouache, mica, glitter and graphite

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Andy Ducett, Artist, Minnesota, USA

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Balint Bolygo, Artist

"Trace is a sculptural device that alludes to scientific discoveries and pseudoscientific concepts such as phrenology, physiognomy, and craniometry. A revolving plaster cast of the artist's head is slowly deconstructed into a mathematical diagram that changes as time passes. The peculiarities of the human face that as humans, we attach so much importance to, is dematerialised into a changing drawing that embodies the differential undulations of the human anatomy. Trace questions our notion of self and how through technology we have found different visual representations for the individual. DNA profiling, retina scans and the fingerprint are all things that are conjured up by the meticulous mechanical process of the work. The topographical images are turned into a new form of three-dimensional representation that draws our attention to the space within." - source is artist's website. Link here to see more work.