Major Project - Research

I came across some works by the New York sculptural artist, Sophie Kahn, this morning, which attracted my full attention.

Much of the technique of faded and cracked sculptures is not a million miles away from what I am imagining too.

Sophie Kahn - http://www.sophiekahn.net/#!portraits/c199t

(I am unable to copy the images of her sculpture here, due to copyright regulations, but feel free to use the link above to her web site to see examples of her works).

The images are very much based in the feminist / sexuality exploration genre, - I am not exploring this, but the technique she is using is of interest to me.


I also took a peek at Vija Celmins (pronounced Veeha Kelmuns), - born 1938, American Latvian artist.
 - Her drawings of everyday objects, particularly her photorealistic graphite drawings of spider's webs, seascapes, and "eraser" - 1967... have a beautifully etherial feeling to them.  The temporality of the subjects she chooses are all very different, but each one has a time related aspect to them that can conjure up the imagination of "things left behind"....

Vija Celmins  "Eraser" 1967
Acrylic on balsa wood
6 5/8 x 20 x 3 1/8 in.
Collection Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Gift of Avco Financial Services, Newport Beach