….this week’s theme for Word Press’ weekly photo challenge is experimental
WPC – Experimenting with Cropping, Filters, Light and Colour
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Tag Archives: sculpture
Silent Sunday – November 5, 2017
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Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge – January 29, 2017
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Lost mitten placed on a branch
Plastic flower
Part of a sculpture
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Old and New
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge 2016 – Week 31
….Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge can be any photo that doesn’t seem to fit into any other category
I have no idea what possessed my sister to kneel on the ground like this. I’m pretty sure she’s not praying. Her husband took this shot somewhere in Italy.
This smiling face greeted people in front of the store in the town of Lucca.
Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Circles and Curves
….thank you Cee for another great topic for The Black and White Photo Challenge
Cee’s Fun Foto Challlenge – The Colour Green
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One of Ray’s paintings in my sister’s home.
Ai Weiwei – Part 2
…..one week to go
If you live in Toronto or are visiting this is your last chance to see the Ai Weiwei show. Last week I posted some of the installation pieces at the show. Featuring photographs, sculpture, installation art and audio and video pieces, Ai Weiwei: According to What?examines how the artist spotlights the complexities of a changing world and probes such issues as freedom of expression, individual and human rights, the power of digital communication and the range of creative practice that characterizes contemporary art today both in China and globally.(as cited in the AGO newsletter).
China Log 2005
This sculpture is made from 8 pillars salvaged from Qing Dynasty temples that were carved at the centre and when joined together they formed an opening through the entire length of the ‘log’ in the shape of China. The China log implies that present day China is made up of a variety of cultural and historical elements.
Kippe, 2006
This sculpture is made with parallel bars as the frame for a three dimensional puzzle of tightly fitted pieces of wood salvaged from Qing Dynasty temples. Ai Weiwei’s memory of childhood school yards that were equipped with a set of parallel bars and a basketball hoop were part of the inspiration for this sculpture. The other part came from the beautifully stacked firewood outside his family home that was openly admired by the people in his neighbourhood.
Wenchuan Steel Reebar, 2008-2012
Ai Weiwei uses rebar recovered from the rubble of collapsed schoolhouses following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. It is a large physical work, designed to remind people of the individuals in danger of being forgotten.
Forever, 2003
These 42 Forever bicycles were dismantled and reassembled to form a circular sculpture. The Forever Co. was established in 1940 and became the largest manufacturer of bicycles in China. In recent years with the onset of modernization the bike is disappearing from city streets but many Chinese still cherish memories of their bicycles that will last ‘forever’ in this work.
Coloured Vases, 2007 – 2010
This series consists of Han Dynasty vases dipped in industrial paints covering the patterned surfaces of the jars with bright modern colours while maintaining the original forms.
I love this man’s work and I discovered today that we share the same birthday. The show will be leaving Toronto this coming weekend and will move to Miami, Florida to the Perez Art Museum (November 28, 2013 – March 18, 2014) and then moves to Brooklyn, New York to the Brooklyn Museum (April 18 – August 10, 2014).
Cheers!
Word of the Week – Industrial 2
…..industrial sites converted into new businesses
or parts that have been turned into pieces of sculpture (with a practical side)
For more industrial photos check out Sue Llewellyn’s http://suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/9740/
Movement
….Day 5 of the January 2013 Photo a Day Challenge
Today my husband, sister, brother-in-law and I went to the Art Gallery of Ontario to see the Frida & Diego show. This exhibition features more than 80 works on paper and paintings by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera and more than 60 photographs of the couple, whose shared passion for each other and Mexico’s revolutionary culture during the 1920s and 1930s have made them Mexico’s most famous artists.
The exhibition was wonderful but the entire time I was thinking about how to come up with photos that expressed movement. The moment came when we moved on to see the Penny exhibition in the same building.
Evan Penny is a famous Canadian sculptor based in Toronto. His figures are composed of layers of colour pigmented silicone, hair, fabric and resin. They come across not only as realistic but also as highly artificial. He likes to use distortive techniques; often presenting an otherwise life-like portrait bust in skewed proportions or in an odd colour scheme.
One of his pieces is a stretched distorted bust of a girl that literally seems to move across the wall. This is not a camera effect but the actual sculpture.
Evan Penny’s Panagiota: Conversation #2, variation #1, 2008, 274 x 71 x 15 cm
silicone, pigment, hair, aluminum
We took a break between the two exhibitions. I tried to convince my family to give me some action shots. This was the best I could get from my husband, K. He looks like he’s about to fall out of the window to the street below.
K, hamming it up for the camera. Gotta love him!
To join in or follow the January 2013 Photo a Day challenge check out Jeanne’s blog…a nola girl at heart.
Cheers!
Mama Cormier 