I've been meaning to play with this idea for a while now. An artist that's work is extremely fascinating to me is Gerry Judah. I researched a lot of his paintings that come off the wall at an earlier stage within this project. I have decided I want to create a sculpture using his work as an inspiration. I have gathered together some materials either from skips or from packaging, including wood, cardboard and polystryrene. With these materials I had an intention to build up a landscape spontaneously with the idea of construction or possibly destruction in mind.
Once I began building up the structure I decided that by adding cocktail sticks, it would give a real sense of modelling and therefore an environment.
I used a glue gun to attach the materials together spontaneously. I intentionally left the glue to dry in areas to increase the intensity of detail of the sculpture.
I find this image particularly interesting. I feel it gives a great impression of the structure becoming a landscape, perhaps suggesting a construction site. My peers have pointed out to me that it reminds them of some sort of jail or even a fortress. This is probably due to the piece being created within a wooden crate. Others have suggested I should consider spray painting the sculputre or even painting it to see what new effect I can create. In this case, considering the colour which I make it would be essential. I could perhaps think about the idea of destruction that is recurrent in Gerry Judah's paintings and paint it white or black. I have also been told I should spray it gold or silver, which sounds quite exciting. However, I'm not sure that would necessarily give justice on the nature of the work.
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