Good to have you reaction. What it triggered in me was the Michelangeo quotation
“In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.”
I’m impressed! I tried not giving titles to the pictures but words always drop into my head and seem part of the total packet of creation but I don’t expect everyone to see what I see
Indeed. It’s funny but I find when I return to these images a second and third time, I see something else. Often something more. In this case, a kiss on the forehead.
Have you noticed that the colours which repelled you one day you find very appealing at a later viewing? I enjoy letting my mind wander into the story the pictures are hinting at and what you see tells you a lot about where you are coming from at that moment. Like a good painting the story should never be complete on one glance. On a similar but different theme, I think that one of the reasons that paintings are more often preferred over sculpture is that sculpture is much harder to see. People who live with animals are better equipped to appreciate the extra dimension!
That is a very interesting insight about sculptures and paintings. I can only speak for myself. I appreciate both, but tend to prefer paintings. I think for me, it is because sculptures tend to be executed in but a single color. They are more about shape and texture than color. So for someone like myself, who thrives on the variety and combination of colors and light in various forms, I am drawn in by these aspects, more than the shapes. Although as I say this, I am not certain that is entirely true. I also think perhaps 3 dimensional works may leave less to the imagination? I don’t know. I don’t want to sound like I am anti-sculpture — far from it. I love both mediums. Just thinking about the subtleties. I have no conclusions here.
My favourite sculptor is Medardo Rosso and my interest in sculpture comes from the contact one has with the subject in the process of creating. First it is observation, sometimes for years and sometimes just a fleeting moment fixes a shape that seems to be asking to be recorded. My quest in sculpting is always to suggest movement or the possibility of movement thus lifting the solid state into a moment of meditation where we the viewer is allowed to take our time to discover the intricacies of the form. When bronze sculptures live outside they are given the possibility to age and to interact with the light and the seasons. But I agree that colour is always limited which is why I started to explore colour in the way that I am doing now.
My first thought was the Pieta
Good to have you reaction. What it triggered in me was the Michelangeo quotation
“In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.”
So it took the both of us to Michaelangelo.
I’m impressed! I tried not giving titles to the pictures but words always drop into my head and seem part of the total packet of creation but I don’t expect everyone to see what I see
I’m getting an android dreaming of electric sheep.
Looks like the sheep have had the desired effect.
Indeed. It’s funny but I find when I return to these images a second and third time, I see something else. Often something more. In this case, a kiss on the forehead.
Have you noticed that the colours which repelled you one day you find very appealing at a later viewing? I enjoy letting my mind wander into the story the pictures are hinting at and what you see tells you a lot about where you are coming from at that moment. Like a good painting the story should never be complete on one glance. On a similar but different theme, I think that one of the reasons that paintings are more often preferred over sculpture is that sculpture is much harder to see. People who live with animals are better equipped to appreciate the extra dimension!
That is a very interesting insight about sculptures and paintings. I can only speak for myself. I appreciate both, but tend to prefer paintings. I think for me, it is because sculptures tend to be executed in but a single color. They are more about shape and texture than color. So for someone like myself, who thrives on the variety and combination of colors and light in various forms, I am drawn in by these aspects, more than the shapes. Although as I say this, I am not certain that is entirely true. I also think perhaps 3 dimensional works may leave less to the imagination? I don’t know. I don’t want to sound like I am anti-sculpture — far from it. I love both mediums. Just thinking about the subtleties. I have no conclusions here.
My favourite sculptor is Medardo Rosso and my interest in sculpture comes from the contact one has with the subject in the process of creating. First it is observation, sometimes for years and sometimes just a fleeting moment fixes a shape that seems to be asking to be recorded. My quest in sculpting is always to suggest movement or the possibility of movement thus lifting the solid state into a moment of meditation where we the viewer is allowed to take our time to discover the intricacies of the form. When bronze sculptures live outside they are given the possibility to age and to interact with the light and the seasons. But I agree that colour is always limited which is why I started to explore colour in the way that I am doing now.