Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Lucy and Jorge Orta
The couple first worked on clouds in 2009. They went to Cairo to the recycling town, where the people live in garbage. It was very shocking and powerful to them. They began recycling plastic bottles in their first exhibition after seeing the litter collectors bunch up the bottles.
They wanted to continue with recycled bottles from their previous exhibition.
Cloud house, more bottles, many of them were ideas invented in the workshop, clouds were enveloping what they're around. Plastic oceans of waste was an influence. Bringing objects into the waste.
They liked the fact that clouds are related to water, which influenced their current exhibition at the sculpture park. The shapes and meanings behind the bottles brought along the name "clouds". They use them as object to get people involved with important issues subtly, like pollutants and waste. Its symbolic but real art, related to climate change and cleaning water.
Their work shares resources between people and nation, its almost like a peaceful protest, telling stories and entry points, finding ways for the public to be drawn into global issues. Their work is political and environmental, but without the shock value.
Architecture and spirits.
Also influenced from water gods and spirits and goddesses around Venice, and they put them into the park, and they're hoping to put them next to the lake in the park for a new meaning.
A different dimension of learning- 3D work over 2D work. First public sculpture for a park.
Yesterday, the college took a trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park for Art History. We had to look at the artists who were there and analyze their sculptures.
The sculptures:
My artist of choice was James Turrel, who made the Deer Shelter Skyspace. The Skyspace was made out of an old Deer Shelter on the outside, quite worn down bricks, but on the inside it was quite a futuristic and clean look of concrete. There was a hole in the ceiling, but nothing covering it, so it looked like the sky was in reach.
The deer shelter, from the outside. The corridors on either side
show the size comparison.
The Deer Shelter is a very large scale piece which can be walked around inside. It was surprising how big it was. You'd think it would just be a worn down tunnel, but when you walk inside, the room is quite small, but the fact that it is white and very brightly lit by the natural light, it makes it look bigger than it is. It gives it an expanded feel.
The chamber inside the shelter itself is very well hidden. All what can be seen of it is a brick wall around the top of the shelter, and that looks very natural. I like the way it blends into its environment well. The transaction from the shelter to the chamber is very smooth, and its like you go from darkness into brightness, which is a very powerful feeling.
Its not really the texture of this work which is important, but the smooth feel of the concrete gives the sculpture even more of an escapism feel. The work was quite powerful to experience in real life, and I ended up interacting with it for some time, just sitting there watching the sky above.
James Turrells Volcano Skyspaces
Lucy and Jorge Orta
The couple first worked on clouds in 2009. They went to Cairo to the recycling town, where the people live in garbage. It was very shocking and powerful to them. They began recycling plastic bottles in their first exhibition after seeing the litter collectors bunch up the bottles.
They wanted to continue with recycled bottles from their previous exhibition.
Cloud house, more bottles, many of them were ideas invented in the workshop, clouds were enveloping what they're around. Plastic oceans of waste was an influence. Bringing objects into the waste.
They liked the fact that clouds are related to water, which influenced their current exhibition at the sculpture park. The shapes and meanings behind the bottles brought along the name "clouds". They use them as object to get people involved with important issues subtly, like pollutants and waste. Its symbolic but real art, related to climate change and cleaning water.
Their work shares resources between people and nation, its almost like a peaceful protest, telling stories and entry points, finding ways for the public to be drawn into global issues. Their work is political and environmental, but without the shock value.
Architecture and spirits.
Also influenced from water gods and spirits and goddesses around Venice, and they put them into the park, and they're hoping to put them next to the lake in the park for a new meaning.
A different dimension of learning- 3D work over 2D work. First public sculpture for a park.
Yesterday, the college took a trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park for Art History. We had to look at the artists who were there and analyze their sculptures.
The sculptures:
Masayuki Koordia makes very smooth, natural sculptures out of granite.
this statue is called Growth as it is going upwards.
Hans Josephson creates sculptures of people from Brass, but he wanted to give it a more natural appearance, like it had been rock which was worn away. I really like the appearance of this art
because it reminds me a lot of the pompeii victims which were coated in ash.
show the size comparison.
The Deer Shelter is a very large scale piece which can be walked around inside. It was surprising how big it was. You'd think it would just be a worn down tunnel, but when you walk inside, the room is quite small, but the fact that it is white and very brightly lit by the natural light, it makes it look bigger than it is. It gives it an expanded feel.
The chamber inside the shelter itself is very well hidden. All what can be seen of it is a brick wall around the top of the shelter, and that looks very natural. I like the way it blends into its environment well. The transaction from the shelter to the chamber is very smooth, and its like you go from darkness into brightness, which is a very powerful feeling.
Its not really the texture of this work which is important, but the smooth feel of the concrete gives the sculpture even more of an escapism feel. The work was quite powerful to experience in real life, and I ended up interacting with it for some time, just sitting there watching the sky above.
James Turrell uses light to his advantage in his sculptures. He really executes his process well with space, too. His pieces tend to enhance the perception of people, causing an illusion that the sky is in the room with you.
His work never alters the landscape, as its all internal work built underground. His most profound piece is in Arizona where he made an extinct volcano into a series of Skyspaces, which use the light from the sun, moon and stars. He spent 30 years on this piece.
Turrell has always been interested in the Sky, before he went into sculpture he was a pilot and very fascinated with planes and flying.
James Turrells Volcano Skyspaces
Inside the skyspaces in the volcano.
The volcano itself from the outside.
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