Category: relationship between material and space

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Lost in Thought

Artist : Tony Cragg

Year : 2012

Size : 50x220x300 cm

Media : Wood

connection between this artwork and my practice:

The first reasons that I have collected this item was the title and the form of the artwork.

Cragg has a strong connection with the making process and his use of material. He states that making is a path way for his life. Each of his works leads him to new forms and new idea to make new work and express new emotions.

He is informed by the materiality of the material he uses – but he intervenes and sculpts with his own formal values. he pushes the materials he uses to do something and become something that wasn’t thought to be possible. he uses traditional materials in constructional – different way.

Similarity of my ideas to his, comes together when he says: ” Good ideas don’t make good art necessary”. Making is not only one unique decision, through making we make many decision and express many ideas. It’s a combination of thoughts that happen during time, combination of different emotions and feelings create a unique form.

Recently In my research, I have thought a lot about why I try to create new forms? and why something as a unique formless and nonrepresentational form specifically. Looking at his work I think I found some answers to my questions . His work is unique and not boring for me, even though he has some form which is figurative or representational but because he combines these forms with other forms to create a new conversation.

Sculpting is moving and forming material, experimenting with the material. it is important to mention, he constantly works and combines forms, making something quite organic, voluminous and curved with so many layers out of something as structured as wood. it looks so planned out with sections and mapping and highly processual. I believe that makes him impressive.

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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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Anna Maria Maiolino on Poetic Wanderings

Anna Maria Maiolino on Poetic Wanderings from Hauser & Wirth in Vimeo

Artist: Anna Maria Maiolino

connection between this artwork and my practice: I have placed this video in my work to hear what I talk to myself about from someone else. Maialino’s works are incredibly wonderful, I decided to place her video instead of her artworks for many reasons, I do love her work but I think she is the main inspiration for me and not only her works, also I couldn’t choose between her works as I love most of them .

What makes me interested in her work is not only forms or materials but the combination of everything, her connection to the work, the art work by itself as something unique, connection of the objects in the installation and most importantly using unfired clay, going against the norm and creating new life for a tradition material.

the next aspect is the way she adds temporariness and recycles the art back to nature by only choosing to not firing the clay. Also how she emphasis the making process and evidence of her body being involved in the art work without leaving a body trace .

I am still researching on her works and I believe my work is even more connected to hers.

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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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Red Slate Circle

Richard Long - Red Slate Circle
Richard Long – Red Slate Circle

Artist : Richard Long

Year : 1988

Size : 37 x 400 x 400 cm

Media : Slate

connection between this artwork and my practice:

Richard Long  is known as a “Land” artists. He uses natural elements like stone and wood to create meaningful conceptual art with simple abstract elements like circles and lines.

I found him after I had my art performance in which I painted a circle around myself on the floor with liquid clay. I understand that my works does not fit in “land art” genre but they way he uses simple forms to create minimal artwork is an interesting aspect for me.

the geometrical forms he creates, the logic of repetition, his minimal sculptures, use of material and the way he creates the space are the key ideas for me in his work.

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