Nicholas Pope was known for his large -
scale sculptures made of wood, metal, stone, sheet lead or chalk.
Born in Ghana and currently working in Nigeria, Anatsui is best known for his vibrant large -
scale sculptures made from common discarded materials.
His large -
scale sculptures made from wood, cardboard or aluminum seek to blur the lines between two dimensions and three dimensions.
Even when, during the 1980s, the artist created large -
scale sculptures made with more resistant materials such as polyester or aluminium, his anthropomorphic but abstract forms recall light and manipulable compositions.
WHAT SHE MAKES: Large -
scale sculptures made from found materials and colored Plexiglass.
MATTHEW BARNEY: RIVER OF FUNDAMENT Fourteen large -
scale sculptures made in conjunction with Matthew Barney's «River of Fundament» (2014), a film inspired by Norman Mailer's novel «Ancient Evenings,» and displaying similarly epic, megalomaniacal ambitions.
Maya Lin, Trash Asteroid, 2009 Bottle caps, 26 x 26 x 26 inches September 24 — November 13, 2009 Salon 94 presents Maya Lin: Recycled Landscapes, an exhibition of small -
scale sculpture made from discarded children's toys and salvaged materials.
This is clear both in his Adaptives (Paßstück) series (begun in 1974), human -
scaled sculptures made of plaster to be held and worn by museum visitors, and in his later installations incorporating cabinets, tables, and chairs.
The centerpiece of the exhibition is the first public display of Fifteen Points / I (2016), a human -
scale sculpture made up of industrial robotic arms that move simultaneously, each one mounted with a single LED light.
Outside in the Lisson's sculpture yard sits an imposing large -
scale sculpture made of Corten steel, the same material used both for «Memory» - shown originally at the Guggenheim's galleries in Berlin and New York - and for the canopy element in Kapoor's Arcelor Mittal Orbit sculpture which continues to dominate London's Olympic Park.
Not exact matches
Made of delicate twine, the
sculpture is monumental in
scale, spanning over 600 feet.
It inspired me to try
making jewelry, imagining it as small -
scale sculptures.
Gargantuan
sculptures by David Mach, bafflingly
made of only paper and water (and sometimes trucks, for
scale)
A culmination of five years of self - funded work, Hunter's series centres around a 20 - foot
scale sculpture of a child's doll (which you will recognise as Barbie),
made of polystyrene and fibreglass that took six months to create.
This wide - ranging, multidisciplinary category could include art typically defined as
sculpture, performance, documentary photography, and even large -
scale interventions in both man -
made and natural environments, such as wrapping architectural landmarks, or sketches and maquettes related to MOCA Jacksonville's Project Atrium series.
He is renowned for being one of the first artists to
make the radical gesture of taking the canvas off the stretcher and hanging it directly on the wall in works such as Purple Octagonal 1967, as well as
making provocative
sculptures such as Third Rope Piece 1974, the intimate
scale of which directly responds to traditional ideas of monumental art.
I wanted to
make bronze
sculptures in a large -
scale format — I've worked with bronze in the past, and since these works were going to be outside, for me it was the perfect material to use.
John McCracken will create a two - part large -
scale freestanding
sculpture made specifically for this exhibition.
Recognized internationally for his unique glass
sculptures and large -
scale works for public spaces, Howard Ben Tré
makes reference to historical architectural forms, industrial shapes and Read More»
The selection of works ranges in date from 1997 to the present, including video and small - to large -
scale sculptures (
made of silicone, fiberglass, human and animal hair, taxidermied peacocks, polyester, nylon, wool, plastic and bronze).
This large -
scale survey presents Chaimowicz's work in painting, drawing, collage,
sculpture, installation, furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, and wallpaper
made between 1978 and 2018, including never before exhibited pieces and three new commissions.
Calder also devoted himself to
making outdoor
sculpture on a grand
scale from bolted sheets of steel, many of which stand in public plazas in cities throughout the world.
He
made the ugly pretty, the worthless priceless, and the tragic redemptive; he also helped cement Los Angeles's reputation as an international art hub, especially thanks to his installations that included large -
scale drawings and paintings, as well as
sculptures, videos, and his own writing.
Ron Nagle is known for his intimately
scaled sculptures, each
made up of ceramic elements that are slip - cast, fired, and embellished with epoxy details.
The fourth floor of the exhibition will feature a number of large -
scale works by Bayrle, including his monumental Flugzeug (Airplane)(1984), presented alongside his recent kinetic
sculptures made of repurposed automobile parts repeatedly reciting the rosary, as in his much - celebrated inclusion in dOCUMENTA 13 (2012).
In Delahunty's words, this
sculpture is «one of the first commissioned works by a living female artist to be installed at the entrance of an American Museum» and it is «by far the most ambitious
sculpture she has ever
made in terms of
scale and painted surface.»
Then, I returned to the Print Studio, cut a similar set of stencils to those used in the Blue Lagoon
sculptures, and used them to
make a series of large -
scale woodblock prints editioned on a traditional press.
Comprising 10 large -
scale environments from over the past decade, alongside two newly commissioned multicoloured polycarbonate
sculptures in the grand entrance hall of the Manchester Art Gallery, the works in the exhibition show Darbyshire's dedication to the processes of
making — and faking — it, with materials ranging from felt to wood to Perspex.
Alexandros Vasmoulakis is a Greek contemporary artist creates large -
scale murals, installations, and
sculptures made out from found objects.
The museum's vast galleries and multiplicity of stages — both inside and out — offer artists unprecedented opportunities to
make and present large -
scale sculpture, inventive theater, and big new musical ideas that will confound expectations... and delight you.
She
made many spider
sculptures — from small -
scale to large outdoor pieces that measure over three stories high.
Contemporary
sculpture is a broad and diverse field that includes object
making, large -
scale architectural installation, performance - based work, time - based work, and time - based media.
Artist Statement Interior -
scale abstract
sculptures made of plastic, cement, and acrylic paint.
Towards the end of his career he
made amusing large -
scale sculptures based on disembodied arms and legs.
In particular he seems to have sought specific settings for exhibitions of his early wall - mounted
sculptures, which, seen together, gave the impression of amply spaced pops of primary color in otherwise white rooms.6 Following the precisely
scaled galleries he created for his 1984 exhibition at MoCA's Temporary Contemporary, he
made a rotating exhibition of such works at Leo Castelli's New York gallery in 1986 — 87, sometimes forgoing the main gallery spaces for a more intimate basement.7
In 2015 she was commissioned by the Dallas Museum of Art to
make a large -
scale sculpture, which was permanently installed outside the museum last year.
Taking direction from architect and theosophist Claude Bragdon's treatise on drawing four - dimensional patterns on a two - dimensional plane, Ms. Auerbach presents a series of glass
sculptures and a
sculpture consisting of 3D - printed parts, along with large -
scale acrylic paintings created with custom -
made tools and a new group of her coveted Weave paintings.
A chunk taken out of the ceiling
makes room for a large -
scale sculpture by Louise Bourgeois.
The large
sculptures United Enemies (2011) are based on a series of eponymous works on a considerably smaller
scale that he began
making in 1992.
We were very much looking forward to seeing what would come next... For his current show at Andrea Rosen Gallery, his first solo exhibition in New York, Swallow has
made 1:1
scale arduously hand - carved wood
sculptures.
This enabled Bourgeois to change the
scale of her practice, giving rise to the Cell series, as well her spider
sculptures, the first of which was
made in 1994.
It is also the reason why Donovan's large -
scale installations and
sculptures made from everyday objects have earned her a worldwide acclaim.
Benglis's work continued to evolve during the 1970s leading to large -
scale sculptures and installations
made from polyurethane foam.
With this large
scale sculpture, Paul McCarthy
makes us rethink what we know about tales for kids.
«Environmental
sculpture is never
made to work at exactly human
scale, but is sufficiently larger or smaller than
scale to avoid confusion with the human image in the eyes of the viewer.»
Audrey Shachnow — Golden Pears, 2015 Ms. Shachnow
makes large -
scale sculptures with the purpose of creating beauty in everyday objects.
Renowned for his invention of the mobile, a kinetic construction of suspended abstract elements that describe individual movements in changing harmony, Calder also devoted himself to
making outdoor
sculpture on a grand
scale from bolted sheets of steel, many of which stand in public plazas in cities throughout the world.
For this special occasion we have selected with Pilar Ordovás a group of works which are all closely related with Chillida's interest in public art and, therefore themes such as
scale - in particular the human
scale, which is always an important reference in his work,
making his
sculptures monumental regardless of their size.
Further highlights include Polly Apfelbaum's strips of textile that are combined to form a colorfully woven painting; Rashid Johnson's tropical enclave containing various unexpected elements from
sculptures made with shea butter to video portraits; Katherine Bernhardt's monumental painting with tropical birds, cuddly robots and cigarette stubs, which at once editorializes and summarizes modern culture and the artist herself; an interactive multimedia installation by Nedko Solakov comprising nine sofas in the shapes of the nine Chinese characters constituting the phrase «I miss Socialism, maybe»; and Yu Hong's large -
scale painting depicting a famous Chinese fable widely cited in both modern Chinese art history and Chinese Communist narratives.
Richard Serra's large -
scale steel
sculptures have
made him a crucial figure in contemporary art, but his work also takes another striking, lesser - known form: drawing.