What Is Sculpture???
2009-02-03 What Is Sculpture? Katianne Apgar 1-26-2008 Advanced Sculpture 333 Sculpture is object art, the way the forms fit together create the space of the sculpture. It’s the perfect combination of positive shapes and negative space. In Rosalind E Krauss’s book, “Passages of Modern Sculpture”, Gothold Lessing asserts that “sculpture is a an art concerned with the deployment of bodies in space.” I agree with this notion. It’s a responsibility upon the artist to not only present the object, but to include the environment it will be presented in, in the design of the piece itself. To me, it’s like an investigation of materials. It’s a science, a mathematical equation, and an art form, all in one. It’s a series of choices and decisions for the artist to make. It’s one of the oldest forms of human expressions in the world that has prevailed throughout the ages and in every culture. It has developed, leaving its pedestal and conquering the floors, walls, ceilings, sidewalks, hallways and
