Art Word of the Week: SHAPE
There probably could have been a number of words that could have been used in order to analyze and be used to describe the sculpture that I created but the best word for me was SHAPE. Shape is seen as “an appropriate criterion for critiquing two-dimensional art that has length and width” (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009, p. 140).
There are also many characteristics that come with the element of shape but some of the ones that pertain to the sculpture that I created are TALL, nonproportional, hard, angular, and complex (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009, p. 140).
There are many different elements that can be discussed and used when looking at and analyzing art. You can look at aspects such as, colour, lines, texture, shape, design, lighting, etc. But some of those aspects seem to stand out more than others when looking at certain pieces of art.
Building a sculpture of any kind and out of any materials you can think of is quite a challenge. it is a very open-ended task and really it can go any way that you choose. I must say though, that sculpture activity that we completed in class on Tuesday was helped as I was exposed to my classmates’ creative expression along with whatever I had to offer to the table also. We all worked well together and created quite an interesting sculpture, or should I say piece of art!
When talking and looking at sculptures, shape is an extremely important aspect to look at when analyzing art. As seen in the picture below, I have created a sculpture which is a tower BUT this tower is made out of a small portion of my DVD collection. Some of the characteristics that I named above definitely go hand in hand when looking at the sculpture that I have created. But shape to me, as the artist, seems like the most important aspect. When looking at the shape of this sculpture, I realize that it really does not make much sense of all. To be honest, in the beginning, I was trying to imitate the Eiffel Tower but the further into the tower I got the more I realized how difficult it would be to re-create that tower with my material. My tower is much taller than I thought it was going to be. It is definitely not symmetrical but not completely asymmetrical either. There are some points on the tower where it looks to be symmetrical but as you travel further up, it is clearly not. There are many parts on the tower that have many different angles and are turned opposite ways, which allows this tower to not be symmetrical, like many towers are.
When I stopped to think about how I was going to create this sculpture, I’m not going to lie, but I struggled – a lot. I was unsure of what kind of sculpture to create and I especially struggled on what kind of material to use to create this piece of art. I was sitting around my room, looking around to see what I had a lot of in order to create a sculpture. For some reason, in my mind, whatever I wanted to make was just going to be made out of one type of material. I did however use tape in some parts to help it stay standing and for it to get to the height that it did.
As everyone can clearly see, I have a large DVD collection at home and have realized that they are good for more than just one thing. They definitely came in handy when building this sculpture. With using not a very strong and stable type of material, I feel that my sculpture came out stronger and better looking than I anticipated. I guess you could tie it all in and say that my love for movies, which I would completely consider art, worked well with this sculpture. I made a piece of art – the sculpture – using art that I personally love, which is Hollywood film. Looks like I’ve made art out of art, I’m more creative than I thought I was!
Schirrmacher, R., & Fox, J. E. (2009). Art & Creative Development for Young Children. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar Learning.
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