Richard Serra. The Matter of Time varying dimensions.

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1 Richard Serra. The Matter of Time varying dimensions.

2 Chapter 13 Sculpture Uses visual elements of actual space and actual texture We experience sculpture three dimensionally v.s. two dimensionally: as a relief in the round as an environment Types or processes for making a sculpture consist of Carving, modeling, casting, assemblage (construction), installation, earthworks Each type is either an additive process or subtractive process

3 Categories for types of sculptures Additive Modeling Assemblage (construction) Earthworks Subtractive Carving Earthworks

4 LOW RELIEF SCULPTURE Title: Senwosret I led by Atum to Amun-Re Artist: n/a Date: c BCE Source/Museum: From the White Chapel at Karnak, Thebes. Scala/Art Resource, New York. Medium: Limestone, raised relief Size: Height 13 ft. 6 in.

5 Title: Maidens and Stewards Artist: n/a Date: BCE Source/Museum: Fragment of the Panathenaic Procession from the east frieze of the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Marburg/Art Resource, New York. Medium: Marble Size: Height approx. 43 in.

6 HIGH RELIEF SCULPTURE Title: Atlas Bringing Herakles the Golden Apples Artist: n/a Date: c BCE Source/Museum: From the Temple of Zeus, Olympia. Archaeological Museum, Olympia. Alinari/Art Resource, New York. Medium: Marble Size: Height 63 in.

7 SCULPTURE IN THE ROUND Title: The Rape of the Sabine Women Artist: Giovanni da Bologna Date: Completed 1583 Source/Museum: Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence. Alinari/Art Resource, New York. Medium: Marble Size: Height 13 ft 6 in.

8 CARVING Title: Atlas Slave Artist: Michelangelo Date: c Source/Museum: Accademia, Florence. Nimatallah/Art Resource, New York. Medium: Marble Size: 9 ft. 2 in.

9 Title: Pair Statue of Menkaure and his Queen, Khamerernebty II Artist: n/a Date: Old Kingdon, Dynasty IV, c BCE Source/Museum: Egypt, Giza Valley Temple of Menkaure. Harvard- Museum Expedition. Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Medium: Graywacke Size: Height 54 ½ in.

10 MODELING Title: Case of Bottles Artist: Robert Arneson Date: 1964 Source/Museum: Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Sheinbaum. Estate of Robert Arneson/Licensed by VAGA, New York, New York. Courtesy of George Adams Gallery, New York. Medium: Glazed ceramic (stoneware) and glass Size: 10 ½ x 22 x 15 in.

11 Title: Tomb of Emperor Shih Huang Ti Artist: n/a Date: BCE Source/Museum: Photo: An Keren/PPS. Photo Researchers, Inc. Medium: Painted ceramic figures Size: Lifesize

12 CASTING This process requires the artist to consider negative space as much as positive to create the work Title: Head of an Oba Artist: n/a Date: 18th century Source/Museum: African, Nigeria, Edo, Court of Benin. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Klaus G. Perls, 1991 ( ). Photo 1991 Metropolitan Museum of Art. Medium: Brass and iron Size: Height 13 1/8 in.

13 The Lost-Wax Casting Process. A positive model (1), often created with clay, is used to make a negative mold (2).

14 The Lost-Wax Casting Process. The mold is coated with wax, the wax shell is filled with a cool fireclay, and the mold is removed (3). Metal rods, to hold the shell in place, and wax rods, to vent the mold, are then added (4).

15 The Lost-Wax Casting Process. The whole is placed in sand, and the wax is burned out (5). Molten bronze is poured in where the wax used to be. When the bronze has hardened, the whole is removed from the sand, and the rods and vents are removed (6).

16 Because lost wax pieces are hollow casts, the artist can create works at a larger scale without worrying about weight Title: The Burghers of Calais Artist: Auguste Rodin Date: Source/Museum: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, Medium: Bronze Size: 6 ft. 10 ½ in. x 7 ft. 11 in. x 6 ft 6 in.

17 Rachel Whiteread Water Tank NY date?

18 Rachel Whiteread at Luhring Agustine, NYC (late 90 s, early 2000)

19 Rachel Whiteread, Guggenheim Museum, NYC, 2000

20 Assemblage (or construction) The artist brings separate pieces or materials together to create a unified work The artist commonly appropriates non-art materials and transforms them to create the work

21 Louise Nevelson. Sky Cathedral x 135 x 28 in.

22 Pablo Picasso construction/assemblage

23 Assemblage and construction has allowed artists freedom to use anything and everything to create a work The content of the work becomes more ambiguous Title: Untitled Artist: Robert Gober Date: 1999 Source/Museum: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift (by exchange) of Mrs. Arthur Barnwell. Medium: Plaster, beeswax, human hair, cotton, leather, aluminum, and enamel Size: 33 ½ x 40 x 24 in.

24 Installation and Site Specific Work Similar liberal use of materials found in assemblage and construction works The artist creates a work meant to be seen in a specific location, permanently or temporarily\ Often, the artist is responding to a specific space

25 Vessels are attached to the roof with hightension wires Nancy Rubins. Pleasure Point x 637 x 288 in.

26 168 stainless steel plates welded together, weighing 100 tons; 12 arch underneath Anish Kapoor, cloud gate 2004 installed in Millenium Park, Chicago; stainless steel, 33ft x 66 ft. 42 ft.

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28 LIGHT INSTALLATION James Turrell. A Frontal Passage ft. 10 in. x 22 ft. 6 in. x 34 ft. (Ganzfeld effect)

29 Rice Gallery, Houston

30 Yayoi Kusama Dots Obsession 18 September - 2 November 1997

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33 Phoebe Washburn True, False, and Slightly Better 24 January - 24 March 2003

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36 EEatEARTHWORKS Robert Smithson. Spiral Jetty. April /2 ft. x 15 ft. x 1,500 ft.

37 Robert Smithson. Spiral Jetty, as it appeared in August Robert Smithson. Spiral Jetty, as it appeared in August 2003.

38 Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, aerial view, 2004

39 EARTHWORKS Title: Sun Tunnels, Great Basin Desert, Utah (four showing) Artist: Nancy Holt Date: Source/Museum: Nancy Holt/Licensed by VAGA, New York, New York. Courtesy John Weber Gallery, New York. Medium: Four tunnels Size: Each 18 ft. long x 9 ft. 4 in. in diameter; each axis 86 ft. long

40 Title: Sun Tunnels, Great Basin Desert, Utah (one front view) Artist: Nancy Holt Date: Source/Museum: Nancy Holt/Licensed by VAGA, New York, New York. Courtesy John Weber Gallery, New York. Medium: Four tunnels Size: Each 18 ft. long x 9 ft. 4 in. in diameter; each axis 86 ft. long

41 James Turell s Roden Crater extinct volcanic cinder cone, situated at an elevation of approximately 5,400 feet in the San Francisco Volcanic Field near Arizona s Painted Desert and the Grand Canyon

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45 Title: Lightning Field Artist: Walter de Maria Date: 1977 Source/Museum: Near Quemado, New Mexico. All reproduction rights reserved. Dia Center for the Arts. Photo: John Cliett. Medium: Stainless-steel poles Size: Average height 20 ft. 7 in; overall dimensions 5, 280 x 3,300 ft.

46 Performance Art As Living Sculpture Title: Household Artist: Allan Kaprow Date: 1964 Source/Museum: Near Ithaca, New York. Sol Goldberg/Cornell University Photography. Medium: Licking jam off a car hood Size: n/a

47 Title: The House with the Ocean View Nov. 22 9:54 am, 2002 Artist: Marina Abramovíc Date: November 15 26, 2002 Source/Museum: Sean Kelly Gallery, New York. Medium: Living installation Size: n/a