Not exact matches
The
heads presage a self - portrait print from 1990, displayed nearby, as well as the soft
fabric figurative
sculptures that Bourgeois took up in the late»90s.
With the interconnected
fabric mats shaped to evoke biological cells or chemical flasks, each of these
sculptures assumes a vital role in some form of organic circuit that flows through a portal - like shape mounted against the wall and framed with
head - like ovoids, elongated staffs and open circles.
Spanning more than 45 years of her career, the show, titled «Suspension,» exhibits six black ink drawings and 25
sculptures that dangle from the ceiling, including her famous Janus series (1968), a collection of organic, amorphous, bug - like forms made in bronze and plaster, and Arch of Hysteria (2004), a double -
headed work made of
fabric, in which male and female torsos are fused and hung at the waist.
Teens will be invited to explore and use all types of nature - related materials (including artificial flowers / leaves, floral printed
fabric and paper, tissue paper flowers, and even terra - cotta pots) in conjunction with other unique and unusual materials such as foam mannequin
heads and air - dry clay to create a piece of wearable art or
sculpture.
RU also includes
fabric sculptures and a video work, but it was the birds in their improvised, indoor wood that stayed with me for weeks: cute and unobtrusive, each one projects a sense of peering at you inquisitively — the way we say real birds do — despite having nothing like a
head.
In addition to the
fabric heads, it also included a series of cell - like vitrines housing curious scenes of ecstasy and torture; a group of totemic figures, reinterpreting in
fabric her early
sculptures from the 1940s and»50s, and a selection of graphic works.
Eva Aeppli was a Swiss artist known for her charcoal drawings, large - format paintings,
fabric figures, and bronze
heads, along with joint
sculptures with Jean Tinguely...