October 2030
Lesson 7:
Contemporary
Sculpture
sculpture
The process are done in ways most suitable to the available
material.
STONE
Can only be carved, drilled,
branded, and polished.
Kamay na Bato Art Gallery is a unique
tourist attraction in Luna, La Union which
offer an assortment of arts carved from
stones
Wood
Lends itself to the same
processes more easily
although modern
technology permits it to be
. permanently bent and
molded.
Wood version in mural of the
painting Spoliarium, the most
celebrated and widely recognized art
work of Juan Luna, Filipino artist and
national hero. Made of solid Acacia,
this wood sculpture was made also by
Magno Gaza in 1992.
METAL
Can be cast, cut, drilled,
filled, extruded, bent,
forged, and stamped.
Michael Cacnio
METAL
Is done in brass standing on wood
base.
With the skillful use of brass and
excellent understanding of balance,
.
Imao’s able to make a vertical
sculpture dominated by curve lines
that smoothly flow from one element
to the next.
SARIMANOK WITH 8 FISHES
By: Abdulmari Imao
BRONZE
Has beautiful surface and
color characteristics and is
the most common casting
materials.
.
Filipina Comfort Women was a
statue publicly displayed along
Baywalk, Roxas Boulevard in
Manila.
TERRACOTTA OR CLAY
Is more responsive than
wood or stone. It possesses
little strength in tension or
compression and requires an
. armature for sport
• Clay is not itself
permanent material
• Clay Avenue Pottery Studio
• Lanelle Abueva-Fernando Pottery
• Pettyjohn Pottery
• The Stoneware Pottery Inc
• The Stoneware Pottery Inc
RESIN
IS BECOMING POPULAR IN
THE PHILIPPINES. IT IS USED
BY MANY INSTALLATION
ARTIST AND SCULPTORS.
.
Are made of resin.
Is a Chinese contemporary artist known for
his political ACTIVITISM.
A. The four basic
sculpture technique
The sculpture process can be either
subtractive and addittive
1. MODELLING 2. CARVING
MODELED SCULPTURE ARE
CARVING INVOLVES OR
CREATED WHEN A SOFT OR
CHIPPING AWAY A SHAPE FROM
MALLEABLE MATERIALS
A MASS OF STONE.
SUCH AS CLAY, IS BUILT USING
AN ARMATURE AND THEN
SHAPED TO CREATE A FORM..
STYLES AND MOVEMENT IN
SCULPTURE
1. MONOLITHIC ORDER
Is carved from the slab of stone
and is limited by the material’s
shape and size.
This mean that sculptor can only
make a form that is allowed by
the material’s shape and cannot Toscano Easter Island Moia Monolith Sculpture
exceed it’s size
2. Constructivism
It makes use of new materials such
as plastics, plexiglass, metal, wire,
etc,.and allows a break from the
figurative representation of
sculpture.
VISE TANDEM
BY: WILSON BALDEMOR
3. Sculpture Assemblage
Provides the method of
contemporary artist that
abandons carving, modeling, and
casting.
Michelle Hollanes Lua's Broke
Bag Mounted
4. Kinetic Sculpture
Is a sculpture in mechanical
motion. When they are suspended
in the air, they can produce
musical sound as the elements
move with the wind and touch
each other.
5. Niches, boxes, and
Grottoes
A niche is a recessed place in a wall
where a sculptured figure or bust
can be located. It is important to
think of niche sculpture as “born
from” walls, conceived out of
necessity to endow plane surfaces
with dramatic meaning.
5. Niches, boxes, and
Grottoes
Boxes are closed and can become
packages, a portable container for
something worth keeping.
5. Niches, boxes, and
Grottoes
Grotto is not associated with the
wall and is more like a room. It
relates instead to the vault or
convoluted inner spaces of natural
caverns.
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