picasso the ground breaking sculptor?!
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Head of a Woman (Fernande) 1909 Exaggerating the features and planes to heighten the effects of light and shadow wanted see how natural light interacts with his cubist surface. Traditional bronze. Lost wax method Fernande – model/mistress 1905-1912 Converting his studies to three dimensions, Picasso simultaneously built up and cut away the clay as he worked, giving the surface a unifying rhythm of light and shadow. The resulting bronze retains the basic shape of Fernande’s head, though the surface and structure are broken up into faceted, fragmented forms. an influence from Cezanne and primitive sculpture and an exploration of natural light on an actual Cubist surface, and Picasso made two plaster casts of the head, from which at least sixteen bronze examples were cast.TRANSCRIPT
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Picasso…The ground breaking sculptor?!
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Head of a Woman(Fernande) 1909Exaggerating the features and planes to heighten the effects of light and shadow wanted see how natural light interacts with his cubist surface.
Traditional bronze.
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Woman with Pears(Fernande) 1909
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Chiaroscuro: /kiˌɑːrəˈskjʊəroʊ/;
from Italian: chiaro, “light”; scuro, “dark”
Technique employed in the visual arts to represent light and shadow as they define three-dimensional objects.
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Late bronze age sculpture of a bull.
(c. 3300–1200 BC)
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The Kiss 1889 August Rodin
Robby BurnsBronze Dunedin
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Guitar – 1912Cardboard and string.
Same year as the first Papier Colle works.
‘Most radical change in sculpture since bronze casting’
Shifting from mass to plane, from closed volume to open construction.
Building up the form from component parts – constructing
Can quickly and independently develop his ideas. – not need the time and expense involved with bronze casting.
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Guitar, Sheet Music, and Glass1912
Paper Collie
Why Guitars?!
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Guitar 1914
Sheet Metal, pipe and wire.
•Sheet metal a readily available roofing material.
•Used rough shears to cut – not very round, he wasn’t concerned with good craftsmanship.
•All of the ‘workings’, the elements that hold the piece together are visible to the viewer.
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Braque
Paper sculptures Circa 1911
Not named and exhibited and not preserved except for in some rare photographs and word of mouth. But it seems clear that Braque was also exploring cubist principles in three dimensions as was Picasso.
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Guitar 1914
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Glass of Absinthe 1914
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BTW this is a thing – absinthe is served this way traditionally, it’s not a unique configuration. The absinthe is poured through sugar cube and slotted spoon into the glass.Incredibly alcoholic it was banned the year after Picasso made that work.
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Painted wood and upholstery fringe
Still Life with a Snack 1914
Relief Constructions
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Detail of the top of the wine glass in Still Life showing the recycled turned disc
Detail of the knife handle in Still Life illustrating the black painted outline around the three nail heads that simulate rivets
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Pablo PicassoMandolin and Clarinet
1913Painted wood and pencil
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Pablo PicassoViolin and Bottle on a Table 1915 Wood, string, nails, painted wood and charcoal
Note the wooden wheel on the base of the sculpture?
Nails incorporated into the sculpture forming part of the instrument – some tribal artifacts also incorporate nails in their design
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• These constructions and were not publicly exhibited due to the start of the war – they were in the hands of Picassos dealer who had German citizenship – the work was all sequestered by the French authorities and was locked up until the 20’s when it was sold piecemeal so was never given a proper retrospective until much later
• they were seen by friends and colleagues and became an inspiration to contemporary artists.
• The use of ‘low’ found material and ‘ready made’ items is fundamental to sculpture practice today.
• These ideas were particularly and directly explored by the dada artists, in particular Duchamp…
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Guggenheim in Bilbao – design by Frank Gehry 1997
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Marcel Duchamp Fountain 1917 / 1964What is the role of the artist? Artist as Alchemist…
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DuchampBicycle Wheel. New York, 1913/1951
In anticipation of a broken arm1915FROM Marcel Duchamp.
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Bill Culbert
Daylight Flotsam Venice
2015
Florescent lightsPlastic bottles
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Raiding rubbish dumps for discarded plastic containers, bottles, and other faded, semi-invisible objects, he injects them with light, and thus illuminated they become beautiful objects for contemplation.
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Richard LongA Line Made by Walking, 1967
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Carl Andre Equivalent VIII , 1978Artist as selector , displayer of materials...
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Damien HirstThe Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living1991 Glass, painted steel, silicone, monofilament, shark and formaldehyde solution
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Damian HirstFor the Love of God2007
Platinum, diamonds and human teeth
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Janine Antoni, Lick and Lather, 1993