BODY AND CONTEXT ( 8th, and 9th Oct)

 On Thursday we  all looked at the different sculptors and art styles for the group assignment. Few of them were: Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, Ai Weiwei,  Jeff Koons, Ramkin Baji, Gond art, Bundi, Kalamari. We discussed  about artists/sculptors who reject realism. Most artist wanted to be unique in their Art. Some just wanted to escape from reality or to express their feelings and thoughts.
Then we did this activity where we need to find what you/others think of  about your body. so we all drew a graph where the y axis is realistic and x axis is imaginative. After that we have to write all the words that you think is related to body and then connect them if they have connection. Note down the number of connections in the descending order and group they if they have the same number. Now write a one sentence each from those word. These are your/ others thoughts related to body. Cool right?
We formed into our groups and straight a way started the assignment. Our assignment was to make a human sculpture with the reference of Henry Moorn and Anish Kapoor.
First we bought 5 meter long of wire mesh and some thin wires. We got some rusted iron rods and other metal items from our facilitator, Narendra. He showed us how to bend the rod. We tried to bend it but that wasn't happening. It was bit hard to do it. So, we just made the basic structure. Then on friday we made mud mix and we put it on the bottom part to give support as well as the base to make the curve/wave.Then we put the cement mix on top of it. Another layer of cement mix will be put on next week.

   

Putting concrete

 

foundation of the sculpture