More carboard

More construction on the cardboard Vienna.

Portfolio for my drawings

Drawing book

Statues

In the past few weeks I have visited a large quantity of museums and have observed a very new environment. The key aspects of these observations is the classical sculpture. For one thing it is everywhere and out of most things I have seen what appears to be in the most abundant quantity is figures. The bust more importantly lends itself to the type of art I have been creating. The 'bust' is defined as being a sculpture of the head shoulders and chest, within perfect proportion these are created. This is very much in relation to perspective. When someone looks around they immediately take it in. It is what defines the third dimension that we see. When a classical 'bust' is observed a similar feeling is had.

These figures created on each column are in the light of the 'ideal', as in perfect proportion, undeniable. The contradiction is, that these types of proportions are not seen in reality, yet they define it in this tradition.

These are two pencil drawings, titled 'Heads 3' and 'Heads 4' that I have done based upon busts I have seen the the city and in the art history museum. The illusion of the column serves as the visual element that links the impossibility of proportion of the heads to the impossibility of perspective of the columns. They are both 8" x 11".

The beginning

The first project I have undertaken is the simple reconstruction of the area of Vienna that we are currently staying in, around the 8th district between the hotel we are staying in and the art institute we work in. The first primary construction I have done is of the Leopold Museum and the Museum Modern Kunst.
These two museums house very important work consisting around the time of Vienna Secession which in short, was the artists removal from formalism and historical painting. This argued that there is no definitive aesthetic encompassing artists in Vienna around the time of the later 1800s and onward.

Portaits while viewing art

These photographs were taken in the Leoplold Museum which was part of the greater Mo Muk Museum in Vienna (Museum of Modern Art).

The appearance of my figure puts the each work of art in context. It is very frequent to see a master work by Klimt or Scheile every few moments in the city of Vienna, especially in the district we are currently staying in. These figures, often disfigured and discolored in Scheile's work have become posterchildren, literally! Every bus, bus stop, junk shop window, and often in company of signage, harbors these images.

Aptly named 'Progression Z' If you are looking for meaning in this sculpture, look to its surroundings. David Meyer described it as 'jewelry-like' in his attempt to convey the idea that it was a 'touch' to a greater whole. The large grass around this steel piece make up the already existing. This piece was meant to bring eye to the grass, its tranquility and indifference. There is much to be learned in life from what is unconscious; plants.

Finally some new work

'Factory' was conceived in September of this year and completed toward the end of October. It is entirely made of steel, weighing about 500 pounds. The basis for this piece came from a drawing (coming soon) and was developed through a series of smaller models.