Sheridan Scifres
Professor Cindy
15 April 2018
Advanced Drawing
Self
Generated Project
When I think of self-Generated I
first thought of a drawing with no external influences, be it straight from
consciousness, or in the mind. I was thinking abstract, very modern or
expressionistic. At first I wanted to merge my love for sculpture with drawing
by sculpting something onto the drawing, but then realized we had to sculpt,
then draw. So this for me, was a VERY fun assignment because what I drew was
also produced by me, and thus became very abstract, and weird, yet using
regular shapes used in everyday settings: spheres and pyramids.
I started of this assignment
thinking of geodes and quartz; things that are very earthy and raw, yet also
look ‘out of this world’. Something very geometric and structural. I added the
twist of adding the balls to break up the harshness of the straight lines. The
sculpture I sculpted also reminded me of your typical punk, heavy metal person,
spiky hair that looks more uncomfortable then it does cool type of hairstyle.
The first artist that came to mind
was actually my ceramic professor Dave Kiddie! His sculptures are very
geometrical, yet fluid, and contain a sense of movement within each piece. They
are large and usually painted very vibrantly, and sometimes earthy. They look
almost microscopic, as if a tiny cell was enlarged to be a thousand times its
original size. The choice of color, sometimes bright and sometimes not, I think
really ads to the piece. When they are all monochromatic with slight variations
that firing glazes have, the effect it has on the sculpture is very
interesting. It forces the viewer to look mainly at the shape, form, and
surface of the sculpture, whereas the multicolored ones tend to straw away from
that. The monochromatic color also emphasizes the repeating pattern that is
often used in his sculptures. The form is repeated and thus the color, making
them a very unified piece of work. Thus my sculpture, idea, and color were
influenced by this artist because although my sculpture came straight from my
head and not from an some macro image of a virus, or cell, it has qualities
that lead to those type of connotations.
Another main influence for me was
kinetic sculptures. Although my drawing is not kinetic by any means; the
sculpture and form have that kinetic quality being that they seem to have a
sense of movement and repeated pattern that continues on past the boundaries of
the paper. These examples are two of my favorites and I feel like I could stare
at them for minutes at a time studying the movement and shape.
Lastly, is this cool artist named
Bergdorf Goodman, who creates drawing, or sculptures, however the viewer wants
to put it, out of tulle, a common fabric like material. His paintbrush is
rather an iron, and the material he draws with is the tulle. The combination of
such two non form of art making is quite spectacular, and here is an interview
of him and his process.
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