Modular Madness Crit

MY piece could have been made with another material, thou it possibly could be more difficult. I chose chess pieces beacuse each piece has a bottom indent that can be use to perfectly attach the other piece of chess. Each piece also complements and gives a feel of a chess match beacuse the pieces are the same yet the form is different.

THe chess pieces were extreamly difficult to work with. They all had to be sanded and it was if each set of pieces that were attached had a different weight and required a different method of glueing to supposrt it. The glue i used ranged from Super glue, gorilla, hot glue, cement, and purple glue.

The two biggest things i learned is that glass wants to be glass and smooth surfaces have nothing to attach to. I leared alot of thing when it comes to handleing glass. In addition, i learned how the different types of glue respond to weight and how well it holds. Last, I learned that combining certain types of glue with or without a heating source creates an even stronger bind.


The idea of giving off a chandlier form with the glass chess pieces stayed strong throught out the process of creating. It was very difficult in creating because of the weight the fragileness of the chess pieces. Each piece needed to be sanded to allow it to stick more with the glue and then the weight of the glued sets needed to be adjusted to stay in place and hang.

Beaucse off the difficulty faced in the process of creating the form and t he choice of material not being changed, it made the project very ambitious.

LINES

Human Composition

Staying in line is easier then crossing the line.

Fear to cross, unable to cross, do I want to cross? I did. An act so dirty, it covered my body, my body was not only mine, but I felt clean. Joy inflamed all of me and doubt soothed that ecstatic pain. I wasn’t hurt. The smell was smothering, the touch burned, and the memory engraved. An unfathomable crave develop. I kept coming back for more of it or more for that? There was a deepening connection, to that. I would take anything. I took the thorns, I took the weeds, i took the leftovers and the ache. I took the comfort, I took warmth, I took the security. I wanted the balance. I still don’t have it and I fall constantly. But I keep coming back for more. I come back for that which drowns me in desire and what appears to be love. That which dilutes my judgment and myself. I’m not only mine. I’m it’s too. I can’t escape it easily nor do I want to. The connection and the bond runs deep. There is a world of truths locked up in one lie and I find that staying in line is much harder then crossing the line. My line is a line. Just not the line you may want.

Modular Madness Proposals

After playing with my chess pieces , with out glue or anything to really help it look like the 3D structure i imagined i drew out a few proposals i thought of while playing.

White Space / Negitive Space

Research

Arte Povera: A style of Modern Art
Michelangelo Pistoletto was acknowledged as one of the main representatives of Arte Povera. That is why i choose him, just so i could see the main work of the Arte Povera style. I like the use of broken mirrors, i had a vision of doing a piece with broken glass as well.


Arte Povera : A style of modern art
i picked Jannis Kounellis because i like the fact that my first impression of his art was that it was really messy but when i looked closer, i realized that it was actually very clean. I came to the conclusion is that i liked this artists pieces because they were a clean mess.

Process Art: an artistic movement where the end product is not the principal focus
I choose Richard Serra mainly because i have more knowledge about him before learning that he is a process artist. I like his work because it has a lot of interaction with people.


Process Art:
I choose Eva Hesse because i didn't like her pieces, I found them to be really simple, sometimes small, lack luster, and colorless. These lacking elements did not appeal to me.





Minimalism: movements in various forms of art and design particularly visual art
Frank stella is a painter and print maker, i like his work because he worked with abstractions. I like Abstractions because human minds are so different and there are various responses that can be given when viewing abstractions.

Minimalism:
Robert Morris is a conceputal artist and sculptor, i found is work to be amusing, it reminded me of children playground equipment. When i looked at his pieces it made me want to climb and swing from it.
Post Minimalism: term meaning to develop and go beyond the aesthetic of minimalism
Rachel Whiteread is best known for her sculptures which take the form of casts. I choose her because she was the first person to win the Turner Prize and the piece was very controversial.
Post Minimalism:
Tom Friedman is a sculptor, i chose him because i loved his use of color and the absolute silliness of his pieces, his work would defiantly inspire me to creature some weird creatures and/or figures.