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TORSO IV Sculpture
United Kingdom
Sculpture, Metal on Steel
Size: 24 W x 45.7 H x 24 D in
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My work is usually based upon the human(oid?) figure and I also love the ancient Classical legends and their associated works of art. As is the case with a lot of my art, the style is influenced by Picasso's approach to form, but also by my recent discovery of the work of Julio Gonzalez and David Smith. Having read Smith's collected writings, I was particularly struck by the sense of his artistic integrity and his passion for ensuring the artist was involved with every stage of the creation of a piece. Being aware how harsh and industrial the reclaimed preformed steel I currently use as material is, I am trying to find ways to reduce or even undermine that effect. In his writings, Smith talks about the two strands of metal sculpture; forged/cast work and fabrication. This piece, therefore, is an attempt to marry the geometric fabricated 'personages' of David Smith with the monumental organic cast figures of Henry Moore. I hope the viewer will recognise that the sculpture represents a human torso despite being abstracted greatly, and that they will take pleasure in the fact that it was all created by the artist's hand by long and slow trial and error rather than using 3D computer software to design it. I hope, too that the viewer will be of the opinion that the sculpture feels both ancient and modern. The sculpture is made from reclaimed mild steel using the arc welding process, ground and polished to the best reflective surface possible, and then painted with three coats of acrylic lacquer. It should be noted that, being formed from several different sections of reclaimed metal, the surface finish of this piece does vary a little bit from plane to plane due to the varying amount of distress each individual piece suffered before being reclaimed, as well as the differing amounts of rust that had to be removed from each surface, not to mention my developing skills with an angle grinder. Personally speaking, I think these variations add real character to the piece.
Details & Dimensions
Sculpture:Metal on Steel
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:24 W x 45.7 H x 24 D in
Frame:Not applicable
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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I'm an Anglesey-based artist who creates colourful, geometrically fragmented paintings in oils and acrylics and bold, angular welded metal sculptures inspired by the human figure to investigate how we see, and understand, three dimensional 'form' in the physical world around us. My work examines the way light strikes the planes of a figure; how the figure casts shadows on itself and its surroundings; how the shape of the figure creates negative space within and around itself; how movement around the figure changes our perception of these shapes, shadows and negative spaces; and, finally, how we interpret this complexity of visual signals to build a mental picture of the form of the figure and our orientation to it within a Cartesian space. The human figure, being both infinitely variable and also instantly recognisable (assuming a few hints and clues are proffered), makes an ideal motif because it can be simplified and distorted whilst still remaining identifiable. Concepts that have inspired my approach to my work include; • The Modernist period of art, especially the Cubist and Vorticist art movements; • David Hockney's various discussions about the dominance of the 'monocular view' in art, together with his experiments with photographic 'joiners'; • The course on 'Visual Perception and the Brain' by Dale Purves MD, particularly the section on the 'The Inverse Problem' as it relates to optics; • E.H. Gombrich's use of the phrase 'schema and correction' in his book, 'Art and Illusion'; • The classic Father Ted sketch where he tries to explain to a confused looking Father Dougal that the toy plastic cow Ted holds in his hands is 'very small' whilst the real cow on a distant hillside is 'very far away'!
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