On Thursday 29th September i went to the Yorkshire sculpture park to look at all the different sculptures by different artists to give me ideas for the Tapton Grove project. I looked at work created by Jaume Plensa and noticed that he has focused on the human body and has focused on these themes: love, memory, language and despair. I have noticed that some of his works have been created out of metal letters. I quite like this idea for my own project because I like the idea of creating a sculpture out of words because i think it looks effective compared to a few others created by other artists that were a bit too simplistic. I particularlry like the two heads which looks like its been created using metal wire in a 3D dimensional effect giving a transparent effect. I also looked at 'The Heart Of Trees' sculptures which were made out of bronze and tree. Again poetry has been used which i think makes the whole image more interesting. I went round the diffferent rooms looking at what work he had created and noticed In one of the rooms there are three sculptures which are made out of polyester sat in different positions, covering ears, mouth and ears. It is as if he is trying to show suffer and pain.
I also looked at work by Sophie Ryder. Where as Jaume Plensa has focused on the human body, Ryder's work includes human, animal and mythological figures combined together. She has focused on the Lady-Hare which is a head of a Hare and the body parts are focused on her own body as well as the Minotaur which is the head of a bull on the body of a man. Like Jaume Plensa she is trying to show emotions in her work because she uses animal imagery to explore emotion and to communicate feelings and to show that you can see emotion whether you are human or an animal. I quite like her work and I like the way she has combined different species together to form a sculpture. The pictures below are images of her work which look like they have been created out of stone.
I also looked at work by Dennis Oppenheim who is a land artist and was part of an important exhibition 'Earthworks'. He is different to both Jaume Plensa and sophie Ryder because he creates land art works such as trees, flowers and hedges made from steel. The works i looked at were 'Fixture Trees' which are trees made from steel. Household objects are used in each sculpture. One of the trees has bathroom and kitchen objects such as toilets and sinks. On others he has used bins, sheds, chairs and other objects. I found Dennis Oppenheim's work quite unusual, different, clever and something i wouldnt have expected to come across. His works dont seem to show any emotions or feelings compared to the other two artists work.
