Sculptures

“Fall and Winter Vessel” Ben Hammond

1.       Weather, Warmth, Passion, Cold, and Expression

2.       This Sculpture is showing a lady changing from the different season of fall and winter. It shows how she is moving from one season to the other and the clothing that she may have to wear. On the winter side she is all buddle up trying to stay warm and on the fall side she does not have as much clothing on and is just enjoying the weather outside. The shape of the sculpture in on a vase looking thing to show that the seasons always go around then will start and they will end every year they are never ending just like the roundness of the vase. I think that is sculpture is placed by the theater department because it looks out onto an open area of the campus were we can see many of the signs of fall and winter on the ground when the seasons come. This sculpture does express emotion it expresses the emotion of the fall and winter how in the fall you have the winds blowing around everything and in the winter you have to fight the winds and the cold by bundling up and to stay warm. I do not think that this piece would convey anything different if it was placed anywhere else on the campus.

3.       It seems that the artiest wanted to accomplish what he thought about the different seasons fall and winter and he wanted to tell everyone what he thought about it by making this sculpture. I thought that this sculpture was very interesting and made me think about the different season of fall and winter and what they are really like.

4.       I would not display in sculpture in my house just because I am not a big fan of the fall and winter and make me think of the cold and a long two seasons of cold weather to come ahead that I do not like very much.

“Survival” Nathan Pierce

1.       Crazy, Abstract, Tall, Unstable, and Unique

2.       This sculptures shape is very unique it is very tall but also has some other shapes to them such as points of squares on them going up and looking in some of the metal there are circular things in them. The shape does not seem to go with the name of it survival because it is so tall and it does not like it would hold up strong winds and survive outside very well. The texture of the sculptures has many different textures and different because of the different material that was used to make it. This sculpture may be placed by the café since that we need food to survive. I could not tell if any light hit the sculpture because it was very cloudy out when I went to look at the sculpture. This sculpture may not give off the same message if it was in a different location away from the café. It is placed in a good place and I don’t think I could be placed any other way it would not get the same meaning as it does by the café. This sculpture may express the idea that at sometimes it can be really hard to survive and we have different things we need to hold on to and connect to use to help us get to the top and survive. I think this because without help sometimes there is no way that you can survive on your own and exceed in everything that you would with the help of others.

3.       It seems that the artist was trying to accomplish saying that survival may be hard and sometimes surviving in different parts of life are harder to survive then others and we need the help of other material or other people to survive. I think that is sculpture is very interesting and makes me think but also get a little confused with what he is really trying to say.

4.       I might think about displaying this sculpture in my yard I wish it had a different name though so that the sculpture would make more sense of have someone explains the real meaning before I would put it in my back yard.

“Katrina” Osamede Obazee

1.       Disaster, tragedy, ruins, starting over, and heartbreak

2.       This sculpture relates to the disaster that happened in New Orleans with the hurricane Katrina. The shape describes that of how a person on the roads may have felt and had to go through by their umbrella going backwards and feeling like they are going to fall over because the winds are so strong and pushing them over. The texture also describes the reactions that people may have had and shows the entire thing that the wind was blowing away from the people on the sidewalks. This may in be placed by the library in the open area because it is kind of at and end of a hill and when the water runs off it tends to run off in that general directions and the winds can be very strong in that open area of campus just like it was when the hurricane hit, but we do not have that strong of winds. This sculpture does express a lot of emotion on what the people in New Orleans and many other places that Katrina hit it expresses worry since the person does not know what is about to come and also expresses disaster of what happened after the hurricane hit. I think this because by looking at the art work the women’s face she looks very worried and scared about what is coming. I do not think that is Sculpture would be conveyed any other way if it was placed in a different area.

3.       It seems that the artist was trying to accomplish how many people felt when Katrina was about to hit and everything that they were going through and their fight to survive. I like this sculpture because it shows how many people were feeling during that time and makes you think about how different it really could have been and we do not even know.

4.       I would think about displaying this in my backyard to show and be a reminder and God is in control and even when bad things happen he is still there to help us get through the situations.