dimanche 17 avril 2016

Finding Masterpiece In Abstract Sculpture

By Peter Russell


Art has existed even before humans were able to technically define it. The earliest cultures have made their signs and markings on textiles, pottery, inscriptions on caves and stones. It transcended to almost everything they can find, without even knowing the effect it would have in future civilizations.

They are meant to be felt. So if looking at abstract sculptures New York, gives you a different kind of feeling, then revel in it. Do not question yourself when you cannot decipher what it is meant to look like. That kind of thing may come across as weird and you may feel inclined to give it automatic praise, but it should not.

If it does not feel right, or look right, that is okay. Embracing an art you do not understand just because the work is that of Picasso or someone famous can be easy. However, it should be an entirely different story when it comes to sculptures. You just do not get it, and you are afraid to finally admit it.

That is the beauty of it. Other times, you would go wondering what the artist was thinking. Before the rise of the twentieth century, all sculpture was made to become figural. That means it should resemble a person, or something tangible, like an animal or thing that is seen or considered seen, in the real world.

Sculptures, back then were used to celebrate and honor events like battles, salute to famous people or as ornaments in buildings. They were either carved from stone or molded from clay before they are cast in bronze. Artists never made enough money when they were not making painstaking studies and trials and errors before they finally became sculptural work.

Some people specifically explored using different materials. Others tried to find ways more ways in conveying their emotions. This made them set aside traditional definitions and what the audience expected of art. In which case, materials, or inspiration is used, not as a subject that can be represented, but to be expressed, and to be a source of ideas.

Most of the time, the ones who explore this, are the ones who want to be more modern or avante garde. It cannot be representative of anything specific, otherwise, it loses its abstraction in value. That is something the artist would not want to end up doing. Like any form of chosen profession, they have their specialization too.

If you come across a piece that does not awaken anything in you, that is okay. You will not be alone who would have the same kind of disposition in the crowd. There will be many others who will look at it and find something confusing, or awkward, even weird. But that is where its beauty lies.

In being mysterious, it gives out itself, piece by every amazing piece, allowing the spectator the freedom to give it meaning or none at all. There are many people in museums who really cannot understand a piece of something they are staring at. That does not mean it is devoid of aesthetic value.




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