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Phase of Nothingness

Artist : Nobuo Sekine

Year : 1975

Size : 5 15/16 x 35 7/16 x 35 7/16 inches

Media : Bronze

connection between this artwork and my practice:

Sekine was one of the artists in Gutai group, his works are about the idea of relationship between artist and the materials, He has also worked on relationship of the object in space.

The phase of nothingness was the period of time which he was interested in topology, which is the reason behind the title “phase”. In this artwork the idea started from a suspended stone of Japanese garden, which he decided to suspend. As he couldn’t go against the gravity he decided to use stainless steel to reflect the surroundings and creates the feeling of the stone floating in the air.

The connection with my work is in the way he uses materials which complete each other’s existence. By placing one next to the other the normal meaning of the object changes. Each material is separately usual but by placing them next to one another he creates a new unusual experience. They are in contrast but they complete each other. The newness of the object, relationship of it with the space and how the space can add extra dimensions to the work is interesting for me. Also the type of materials which sit together is important, changing one of them can change all of the experience.

Keywords: choice of materials, reflection of space in the material, importance of materials

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Installations, Gosia Wlodarczak

Artist : Gosia Wlodarczak

Year : 2012

Size : –

Media : Frost Drawing

connection between this artwork and my practice: 
Wlodarczak says: ” am fascinated by one’s awareness of the moment and the mind’s relationship with the outside world conducted through the senses”
She is one the artists whom I admire. She creates the personal connection to her and her body in the installation in simple forms. One of her best works is the one she draws on glasses. I think connection between drawing lines and glass creates a unique relationship between temporarily of the materials and the ‘moment’.

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Waking up

Author: Sam harris 2014

Originally published: 9 September 2014

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

connection between this artwork and my practice:

Harris is s neuroscientist, philosopher, author and critic of religion. He works in a wide range of topics. Topics like, Meditation, philosophy of mind, and Islam are the main topics I follow. This book is in my list because he points many things that I feel connected to me and effect of them in my work.

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Terracotta Circle

Artist : Gilberto Zorio

Year : 1969

Size : –

Media : Mixed media

connection between this artwork and my practice: 

Zorio is an Italian artist associated with Arte Povera movement, which was contemporary with the Gutai group in Japan.

He is known for his use of materials and I am interested in this artwork because he places the clay next to other materials, the Diameter of terracotta is based on the artist’s arm-span and the circle was moulded as he moved around at floor level. Which relates to my interest of relationship between body movement and the form.

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Ambo

Artist: Alicja Kwade
Year: 2018
Size: —
Medium: Wood, Stone, Steel

connection between this artwork and my practice: 

Alicja Kwade is one the artist who specifically works on the laws of physics and the mysterious natures of time, space and light.

The connection I found between my projects and her works is that she presents improbable scenarios using doubled or multiple objects and I am using double or multiple objects to study relationship between forms and space. And also some of my ideas is similar to her minimal design and how she uses lines and objects to create a space.