I hope that this explains some of my blogging behavior lately. I issue no apologies. Only the one piece is mine. The others belong to my wounderful classmates.
To render the figure interacting with or defying the architecture in mixed media, using a completely white color pallet to create a surreal environment (look up George Segal, he was probably Whitacre’s inspiration for this one).
Great piece! From a previous question in your 2nd to last blog I am assuming that this is you... what an experience. Did you ever think you would do a mold of yourself?!
I googled George Segal and saw that he did some of his pieces in plaster, leaving them white. Did Whitacre teach you why he left them like this?
Wow, lots of questions that require long answers, but I’ll do my best.
Short answer: Yeah, I had thought of taking a body mold off of myself before, and I still would like to. The only parts of this piece that were actually molded where the hands, feet, and face.
Gorge Segal is probably the most famous for his white plaster work. Part of the meaning of his work is embedded in his process: he uses a model and takes a mold off of him or her (usually her) in plaster gauze. He then layers up the plaster on the mold until he has a generic figure, so that the outside of it is a generic person, but on the inside is the individual, with all of the detailed features that makes that person who they are; the things that we don’t see from the outside. This is symbolic of how people relate to one another.
However, even if one is not privileged enough to know his process, they can still understand the loneliness and introspective emotions the piece embodies through the gesture of the figure.
PS I love Gorge Segal’s work. That doesn’t mean that you have to, and if you don’t, I would like to know why.
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They look good.
What was the theme you guys were going with?
To render the figure interacting with or defying the architecture in mixed media, using a completely white color pallet to create a surreal environment (look up George Segal, he was probably Whitacre’s inspiration for this one).
These look GReat Kathy! Wish we could have seen it in person
caro
Great piece! From a previous question in your 2nd to last blog I am assuming that this is you... what an experience. Did you ever think you would do a mold of yourself?!
I googled George Segal and saw that he did some of his pieces in plaster, leaving them white. Did Whitacre teach you why he left them like this?
Awesome! I'd love to have seen it in person, too. I miss wandering through the art department in college. *sigh*
Wow, lots of questions that require long answers, but I’ll do my best.
Short answer: Yeah, I had thought of taking a body mold off of myself before, and I still would like to. The only parts of this piece that were actually molded where the hands, feet, and face.
Gorge Segal is probably the most famous for his white plaster work. Part of the meaning of his work is embedded in his process: he uses a model and takes a mold off of him or her (usually her) in plaster gauze. He then layers up the plaster on the mold until he has a generic figure, so that the outside of it is a generic person, but on the inside is the individual, with all of the detailed features that makes that person who they are; the things that we don’t see from the outside. This is symbolic of how people relate to one another.
However, even if one is not privileged enough to know his process, they can still understand the loneliness and introspective emotions the piece embodies through the gesture of the figure.
PS I love Gorge Segal’s work. That doesn’t mean that you have to, and if you don’t, I would like to know why.
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