#2 week taster

[darrencruz]

2 Week Taster - Sculpture

Personal Task - Evaluation

Small and strong.

Reminisent of the classic tales of the underdog. This was the very foundation for this singular project, although with a few twists to keep things interesting. It’s become less about the greater evil, and more about internal issues. The things that makes you feel small.

I am very happy with how the final piece turned out, because a lot of the components worked really well to express the whole meaning of the artwork; from the short height, the small frame and intricate wiring. Though it strayed quite a way from how I want to create a similar conceptual style as Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel, never-the-less it stands on its own four feet with a strong conceptual idea.

One big issue, is that it isn’t a very structurally strong piece; I feel that it could fall over easily, due to it never being balanced enough as to stay still.

There are some very obvious changes, like getting better equipment so that cutting and putting the pieces of wood together would be a lot easier and better at measuring heights create a more balanced 3D structure. Getting better material can drastically change the look of the sculpture, it can get rid of a lot of the roughness that is in my current piece. I would also like to experiment with more conceptual ideas, because there some visual elements that makes the sculpture’s intended theme quite obvious.

[darrencruz]

2 Week Taster - Sculpture

Artist Research - Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp is a painter and sculptor mostly known for his contribution to Cubism, conceptual art, and Dada.

He is also notable for his disowning the idea of art being a visual treat, instead opting for capturing intellectuals; quite a few of his conceptual pieces come from as a result of this.

Bicycle Wheel - 1913

One of those pieces is the bicycle wheel.

Looking at it with straight value it really doesn't seem like much, it's literally a bicycle wheel placed onto a stool. Yet there is no question that people are very interested in this piece. Although I may not like this piece personally, I can definitely respect it's value to other people. Speaking of value, this idea of personal attachment to this piece really varies from person to person, and that the creation of different views about this sculpture piece really helped gain it’s such infamous/popular status.

I want to capture his conceptual art ability, and be able to express the same idea in my own sculpture piece. I want people to see my art piece in many ways, it would be definitely more exciting if they find completely differing views from my own.