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Research / Cy Twombly - sculpture

Untitled, Rome 1976, cardboard tubes, cloth, house paint, and paper tape.

(left) Thermopylae, Gaeta 1991, plaster on wicker, coarsely woven cloth, graphite, wooden sticks, and plaster-coated cloth flowers on plastic stems.

(right) Thermopylae, Gaeta 1991 (cast Meudon 1992), bronze.

Untitled, Gaeta 1993, painted iron pot, paper bag, and dried flower

Twombly’s sculptural works, assembled from found objects, and manipulated to achieve what Kate Nesin (author of Cy Twombly’s Things, 2011) terms, to differentiate from other assemblage artists of the time, ‘sculpture proper’.

Nesin characterises Twombly’s work as simultaneously situated in the traditions of sculpture, whilst also engaging with assemblage; presenting the found materials signifyingthe streets from which they came and their function within the world beyond the gallery.

Whilst Twombly’s work is composed of detritus, combined with raw materials; i.e - plaster and paint, their work in my mind crosses over with ceramics - the use of plaster and the ‘frozen’ state of drips an immediately obvious quality of the work. What i find appealing is the simplicity of the work alongside the human interaction with the materials themselves - that is to say the work ‘speaks’ of its birthing. As well as this, the ‘haphazard’ nature of the way the work is put together is also of interest.

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Research / Franz West

- Lemur, 2009.  Papier-mâché, styrofoam, metal, acrylic paint

- Untitled (large sculpture with can), 2009. Papier-mâché, styrofoam,acrylic lacquer, can. 

- Several works -  Franz West at Almine Rech, Brussels.                                     ‘Double Squint’  / March 26 – May 20, 2010

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Week 1 - research

A basic guide showing the various hand postures used when throwing. The guide is helpful when sitting on the wheel and wondering about the next step, and furthering knowledge in regards to the hands’ effect on the clay when throwing.

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Studio projects final work in Dorrit Black building

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corridor installation at sister gallery / spec 5 studio project final work

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Draped drill and fabric tape

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Floor painting?

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Enamel painting

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Birthing a new friend

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Second attempt successful, covered with plaster, only hairline cracks... not looking forward to attempting to move it though...

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Another attempt. Sealed wood, chicken wire and plaster bandage

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Slippery & unsealed wood led to flaky plaster...

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Cy Twombly

School of Fontainebleau, 1960

Untitled, 1961