Friday, April 29, 2011

VI. Mass/Creative and Functional Design: Toy, Game or Invention

Play and/or invent- Activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, esp. by children

Tom Otterness


Egon Moller Nnielsen "Play-sculpture"


Bicycle - Pierre and Ernest Michaux


Matali Crasset - 'Dip in space with HEAD'


James Clar - Boom


Mass- refers to the visual density of a piece, its weight, and the manner in which it occupies an area or space.

Rachel Whiteread - House


Rachel Whiteread - Ghost


Christo and Jeanne-Claude - Wrapped Roman Wall


Christo and Jeanne-Claude - Wrapped Coast


Rachel Whiteread - Untitled (Basement)


Weight- refers to the visual or physical heaviness of an element or piece

"Ghost" by Claes Oldenburg


"Balance" by Nathan Sawaya


"Dollop" by Julian Wild


"Gestalt" by Julian Wild


"Neuberger Cairn" by Andy Goldsworthy


Gravity- is the force that attracts a body to the center of the earth created through expression and weight in the art piece.

Bronze sculpture in Singapore


"Hylozoic Grove" by Philip Beesley


Tom Shannon "Anti-gravity sculpture"


Lorenzo Quinn


"Yellow" by Nathan Sawaya


Presence- The way the piece occupies and uses the environment surrounding it.

"Untitled" by Mark Jenkins


Galit Begas "Foot prints"


Unknown by Doris Salcedo


"Untitiled" by Mark Jenkins


Anish Kapoor - Cloud Gate


Absence- The deliberate omission of an expected element within a piece

"Playmate 2" by Christin Richard


"Piggies" by Paul Macarthy


"Late Bloomer 2" by Christin Richard


"Empreinte" by mathilde roussel giraudy


"Horse and Cart" by Lisa Fedon


Negative Space- is an empty space between or around the elements of a piece.

Peter Callesen - Looking Back


Edward Tufte - Unknown Title


J. Schlebecker - Dancing in Negative Space


Arther Woods - Reclining Dancer


NEL Colectivo - OLAS

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