Friday, February 20, 2015

Week 3 Sculpture

This is a porcelain sculpture by Kate McDowell she describes it as, "humorous transformation which illustrates our current relationship with the natural world. The animals take on an anthropomorphic quality when they are given safety equipment to attempt to protect them from man-made environmental threats." This sculpture is the actual size of human lungs, so she incorporates the principal of proportion, construction, subtraction, and manipulation. The dimensionality is full round. The focal point are the birds but as you explore the entire piece you notice that they have made their "home" in human lungs. When I first looked at the sculpture I correlated the bird's singing with a human being singing because sound comes from the airflow of the lungs. I think that she should have used color to convey her message better. It looks unfinished and I feel that she could have really brought the sculpture to life if she incorporated color.  
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8 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 24, 2015 at 9:00 AM

    I perceive this kinda the same way as the birds being our voice and think the reason she did not color the birds because when each person looks at it they can imagine the color of "their own bird" from within them.

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  2. UnknownFebruary 26, 2015 at 1:44 PM

    Hi this is Latrice from class. Can you please tell me how you are able to add a description of your pictures? Im totally lost with this blogging assignments.

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    1. celeste32746March 13, 2015 at 11:19 AM

      Hi Latrice I apologize about responding so late. I just copied and pasted the picture to my blog and typed underneath it. I can help you next week if you still need it.

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  3. Alexis MillerFebruary 27, 2015 at 9:23 AM

    I agree with Cynthia in the regard to each person being able to see the birds in the color that they want them to be. I think it is also very beautiful and poetic to think that the birds can breath new life into us.

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  4. verloueFebruary 27, 2015 at 9:46 AM

    yes i agree with alexis

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  5. UnknownFebruary 27, 2015 at 9:56 AM

    I agree about the color. With color the sculpter could have added a more dramatic effect. I look at this as humans need the animal life for survival. Humans for one need oxygen to live and with oxygen you would have to have the plants and with plants you have animals and its a huge ecosystem in order for life to exist. We go hand in hand with animals and plants. Without them we would not exist. Very powerful message I get from this sculpture.

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  6. BellMarch 20, 2015 at 7:28 AM

    i love this sculpture... the details on the birds are amazing... the whole concept of freedom pops out to me...very good analysis!

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  7. KirstinReevesApril 15, 2015 at 9:17 PM

    I love this sculpture! it is truly amazing

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