‘Calavera, Skull 4’, 2009, is a series of plasticine on wood type of artwork by Grupo Mondongo is one of the most eye catching pieces of art at the Museum of Fine Arts. Grupo Mondongo is a group of Argentinian Artists; Julian Laffitte, Agustina Picasso, and Manuel Mendanha. They have created many other similar types of art that is just as spectacular such as , but nothing caught my attention like ‘Skull 4’. I chose this piece because it is not only beautiful from afar but also up close. Grupo Mondongo’s medium choice is quite new and their collage is quite extraordinary, its basically a sculpture of small things that most people have likely seen, put together to make it look like a skull in a size of about 5 foot by 4 foot. The artist probably chose to make it a skull because Calavera is a sugar skull that is eaten on days leading up to ‘The Day of the Dead’ in most Latin American countries. The title of the artwork is obviously shown in the sculpture, it shows a skull and has a picture of a skull. The references to these sculptures has a lot of different historical paintings such as, “The Last Supper”, “Lady with an Ermine”, “The Great waves of Kanagawa” and “Michael Jackson and Bubbles.” There are also famous movies such as “King Kong,” “Star Wars,” and “The Terminator.” The first thing you notice about sculpture is the texture of it, it feels smooth, like its made of a clay yet it has a lot of depth and value, the skull itself isn’t proportional since it is tilted to
In year 2515, a team of archaeologists will head out to seek pieces that can reveal life in 2015. Michael Harris will lead his team of archaeologists and specialists to search for the identity of the mysterious head sculpture found in a construction site in California. Harris is an archaeologist and a professor at Avenir California University. When Harris heard there was a 500 year ago ceramic bust found at an old abandoned building. He rush to see it. Using Radiocarbon dating, archaeologists were able to tell the age of the sculpture. The sculpture was of a female head. An ear was missing and part of the back of the head was cracked with some pieces missing from it. The cast declared it was not made by a professional due to the slightly uneven
While looking at the sculpture, the eyes are drawn immediately to his face, and it almost does not seem like a three-dimensional
The skull was illustrated with a black Sakura Tech pen, and the purpose of the work was to give a tone of eeriness and mystery. The skull was a reference to death. The dead trees in the background has the similar subliminal message of passing away, or old age.
The piece I choose to critic is titled “Buscado por su madre” or “Wanted by his Mother” by Rafael Cauduro, no year. This piece is an Oil on Canvas painting that measured 48”x36” located at the Long Beaches MoLAA. The work is presented as one of a few Mexican artists that share an interest in their painting primarily figurative style, political in nature, that often narrated the history of Mexico or the indigenous culture. The painting is one of the first viewers see as they enter the Museum. It is at eye level and demonstrates a superb use of illusionistic realism that it creates the illusion of being real. The painting is of a old Missing poster of a man on a brick wall. What made it stand out in my eyes was the fact that it looked to be a three dimensional object on what looked like real bricks with the words wanted by mother on the top. Cauduro’s piece, in my eyes looked like he literally took a chunk out of a wall, and placed an old torn missing poster of a man on the front and put it out for display. Cauduro uses texture to represent the look of brick by applying thick strokes of paint creating a body of its own as and mimics the look and shape of brick. He also makes applies the same technique on the wanted poster by implying that it is old and torn by again layering his paint to create the
The skull is a symbolizes of tension, sadness and obviously death. It pops up again and again before actually being a sculpture. Demoiselle D'avignon 1907 is the start of cubism in which Picasso painting the skull on one of the subjects head. Next came the Skill and Pitcher and Leeks and after World War II, Death’s Head. The first painting described of Skull and Pitcher I thought of it as a standoff happening between the two, then when skull turns around to the pitcher, the skull develop like arms that were choking the pitcher. When the painting can be seen in color there brings that even a different type of emotion it. Skull and pitcher has vibrant warm colors but personally I feel the skull has dull cool colors to it. The light source is pure white which is dividing the table and separating the subjects. The use of warm colors, I feel, is a distraction to what the paintings is trying message
The sculptures featured more flexibility - unlike the stiffly positioned Archaic ones -, accurate human proportions, and paid more attention to small details in the body such as muscles, veins, skin flaws, etc. This helped create much more smooth and realistic interpretations.
This painting was completed for the four hundredth anniversary of the Conquest and it was exhibited originally in the Mexican pavilion for the World Colombian exhibition in Chicago in 1893. In being showcased to the public, it was meant to have a dark representation of the already dark subject matter of the Conquest. Izaguirre creates a heritage filled with political meaning for Mexico in this historical painting of the Torture of Cuauhtemoc.
According to Oxford Dictionary (2013) a sculpture is defined as the art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster. Sculptures help to tell the history of how people thought and the practices they conducted. This way of expressing oneself was more important in ancient times as oppose to recent times where we have the benefit of writing books, blogs and much more are readily available. This essay will seek to compare two sculptures of ancient times, the Egyptian statue of Memi and Sabu and the statue of Gudea from the Neo –Sumerian culture.2
Sculptures came in a variety of shapes and sizes. They were often made of wood, metal, cloth, or clay. These sculptures served as personal protection figures, symbols for supernatural powers, and representation of ancestors. Most sculptures were made to represent the human body, but some cultures never carve human faces so it resembled any individual in fear of accusations of witch craft. A great example of one such sculpture is Cango and Zaire.
A painting that has captivated my interest is Skull, where I perceive the skull in this painting to represent death and mortality. Skulls are commonly known to symbolize death, thus this painting represents the function that art serves to commemorate the dead. However, this painting can also represent mortality; this artwork shows that life is short and should be lived to the fullest. Likewise, the skull being red demonstrates power because it shows how dominant death can be; there is no escape, and it should be accepted as a force that surpasses human capacity. Nevertheless, the background contrasts with the red from the skull; the dark colors of the background signify all of life’s troubles which should be forgotten. This skull commemorates
The artwork is portrayed as a naked man holding the head of Medusa in his left hand and in his right hand he the sword that beheaded Medusa and he were wearing the cap of darkness and the winged sandles. It was all carved in marble. This sculpture was made by Antonio Canova, he was born in Passagno. This marble was carved in Rome in 1804-6.
It is a mosaic made by Carlos Cruz-Diez. He is from Venezuela. He was born in August 17, 1923. He studied at school o Fine Arts in Caracas Venezuela. Has lived and worked in Paris since 1960. He is a major protagonist in the field of Kinetic and Optical art. a movement that encourages "an awareness of the instability of reality". His body of work has established him as one of the key twentieth-century thinkers i the realm of color. Carlos Cruz-Diez's visual art explores the perception of color as an autonomous reality evolving in space and time. He likes make work art in public spaces such as plazas, streets and walls. His work art is perpetual present. This mosaic was made between 1974 and 1978 since 35 years old. The material used
The sculptor has a lot of texture all throughout and seems to be disproportionate. The bottom half or legs of the sculpture is not only large but appears to be thick, solid and robust. The middle of the sculptor which would be the abdomen is concaved and seems to have been carved out. The top part of the sculptor or the torso seems to be the most disproportionate. The arms of the sculptor are not well defined and one arm might even appear to be crossed over her breast while her breast seem to be full and voluptuous. From the back, the sculptor is much more defined as you can clearly see that it is a person
From my observation at the Met, this sculpture is inside a medium glass and space. Also, it is by itself in the glass. It is a three-dimensional sculpture created by modeling and merging hard materials. Next to it there are other deities (Vishnu, Parvati, Ganesh etc.) and sculptors from the Chola Dynasty. The other works near it complements the sculpture as I have stated above they are from the same time period so, they are related to each other some way and
Intarsia is the woodworking technique that uses varied shapes, sizes and different species of wood that are fitted together to create a 3-dimensional, mosaic-like picture. This type of art is created through the selection of different types of wood, using their natural grain pattern and color to create variations in the pattern. The different species and colors of the wood contrasts lights and values. Similarly, grain gives the art amazing texture and makes it very realistic. Wanting to make an intarsia project, of an object or animal, you make a pattern of outlines and places you want to shape to look realistic. After selecting the specific woods to be used within the pattern, each piece of wood is then individually cut, shaped, and