CONTEMPORAR

Y SCULPTURE
SCULPTURE

 IS AN ART FORM THAT REQUIRES

OF THE ARTIST CREATIVE USE OF
BALANCE, SKILL IN THE USE OF
MATERIALS, AND PHYSICAL
STRENGHT
ART PRODUCTION

Sculptural processes are done in ways most

suitable to the available materials
STONE –
CAN ONLY BE CARVED, DRILLED, ABRADED AND POLISHED
WOOD –
IS APPEALING FOR ITS GRAIN, ITS COLOR AND ITS ORIGIN
IN A LIVING TREE
- DISADVANTAGES OF WOOD IS ITS TENDENCY TO WARP OR
CRACK SPECIALLY WHEN WET
METALS –
CAN BE CAST, CUT, DRILLED, FILLED, EXTRUDED, BENT,
FORGED AND STAMPED
BRONZE –
HAS BEAUTIFUL SURFACE AND COLOR CHARACTERISTICS
AND IS THE MOST COMMON CASTING MATERIAL.
WAX –
NOT VERY PERMANENT AND CAN EASILY BE CHANGED OR
DAMAGED IN HANDLING CAN BE ALSO DIFORMED WHEN
EXPOSED TO HEAT
TERRACOTA OR CLAY –
MORE RESPONSIVE THAN WOOD OR STONE
RESIN –
USED BY MANY INSTALLATION ARTISTS AND SCULPTURES
SCULPTURE PROCESS

SUBTRACTIVE – THE MATERIAL IS

REMOVED OR CARVED

ADDITIVE – THE MATERIAL IS ADDED PART

BY PART UNTIL THE FORM IS COMPLETED
THE FOUR BASIC SCULPTURE TECHNIQUES
1. MODELING – CREATED WHEN A SOFT OR
MALLEABLE MATERIAL SUCH AS CLAY
2. CARVING – INVOLVES CUTTING OR CHIPPING AWAY
A SHAPE FRO A MASS OF STONE, WOOD, OR OTHER
HARD MATERIAL
3. CASTING – SOMETHING MADE FROM MATERIAL
THAT HARDENS IN A MOLD
4. ASSEMBLING – SCULPTORS GATHER AND PUT
TOGETHER DIFFERENT MATERIALS, ICLUDING
FOUND OBJECTS
 STYLES AND MOVEMENTS IN SCULPTURE
1. MONOLITHIC SCULPTURE –
IS CARVED FROM SLAB OF STONE AND IS LIMITED BY THE
MATERIALS SHAPE AND SIZE
2. CONSTRUCTIVISM –
IT MAKES USE OF NEW MATERIALS SUCH AS PLASTICS PLEXIGLASS
METAL WIRE AND ALLOWS A BREAK FROM THE FIGURATIVE
REPRESENTATION OF SCULPTURE
3. SCULPTURAL ASSEMBLAGE –
SEVERAL FORMS OF FOUND OBJECTS INCLUDING “METAL (WIRE,
PIPE, ROD, SPRING, TUBE, BAR, AND, PLATE ARE PUT TOGETHER
TROUGH A SINGLE METHOD OF ATTACHMENT: WELDING
4.KINETIC SCULPTURE –
A SCULPTURE IN MECHANICAL MOTION
5. NICHES, BOXES, AND GROTTOES

NICH –
A RECESSED PLACE IN A WALL WHERE A SCULPTURED
FIGURE OR BUST CAN BE LOCATED.
BOXES –
ARE CLOSED AND CAN BECOME PACKAGES, A PORTABLE
CONTAINER FOR SOMETHING WORTH KEEPING
GROTTO –
NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE WALL AND IS MORE LIKE A
ROOM.