Alone in a crowd, being art

Antony Gormley (born in 1950 in Dewsbury Moor, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England) uses mostly sculpture to express a dialogue with the viewers body. Usually he is using his own body to mold his life-sized iron bodies. He studied archaeology, anthropology and art history, immersed inside Buddhism in India and Sri Lanka and managed to study for a degree in fine arts and sculpture. … Continue reading Alone in a crowd, being art

Textured crowd- instability together

 I discovered Ernesto Neto by searching artists that keep the playfulness of Eliasson but have the courage of Ambramović. Neto is born in 1964 and studied art in Rio, Brazil. His explored at the beginning of 80’s the roots of the group NeoConcrete movement. The art term invokes the need for sensuality, exploration of color and poetic language in concrete art. (Brazilian concrete movement started … Continue reading Textured crowd- instability together

Constructed crowd- ’constructed nature’

The ‘’Weather project’’ (2003-2004) by Olafur Eliasson  No matter from which side of the globe you experience life, the light that your days receive come from the same sun. The sun is, therefore, unifying our natural presence.   Olafur Eliasson, born in 1967, in Copenhagen, Denmark is known as an installation artist. This type of art carries the idea that a … Continue reading Constructed crowd- ’constructed nature’

Wander in a crowd

If there will be no artwork or artefacts or artists in a museum, then the people in that space will be just wandering among crowds. Spectators of their humane attributes and of the reality of stranger’s bodies being in the same space as their own. But if present, art gives a purpose to a crowd (this could be valid also for a landscape outside the museum’s context). Art creates dialogue. By accepting that, the artist is … Continue reading Wander in a crowd