Muzyka Hex

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Natural History Of The Senses Relief Sculpture

"Run For the Radishes"

Foam board, black paint, pins, radishes

14x14x3in

Full angle 2

Shown relief

Detail

"Run for the Radishes" explores the sense of taste and smell. One can taste the radishes, because they are real radishes, and one can smell the strong earthy scent of the radishes. This piece is inspired by the traditional Jewish food of horseradish. The piece is a play on words. It's a horse, made of radishes. Horse-radish. The content is important because it shows humor, something that isn't shown much in art anymore. A lot of art pieces nowadays have to have some "deeper meaning" and I said, "screw that. I'm making a pun!" Also "Run for the Radishes" is in reference to "Run for the Roses", a popular name for the Kentucky Derby.

In process:

Inspiration:

"Vertumnus"

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertumnus_%28painting%29

"HorseRadish" doodle

Dasha Linna

Bob Botha

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/classic-horse-bob-botha.html

Friday, April 28, 2023

Momento

"Night at the Stray Cat"

Wood, black and red paint

2" round x .5" tall

Full angle 2

Full angle 3

Side

No in progress photos, I am sorry.

This sculpture reflects the time I spent with friends at lunch in high school. We played poker to pass the time, watching the clock, arguing, laughing. The wood was used to represent the faux wood of the round lunch table we sat at. The heart and diamond are suits of the cards we played with. The stokes are to represent the amount of juxtaposition our one friend had, Isaac. He would always interrupt us and shout over us. When oriented correctly, the stoke at the bottom of the circle is red, which is also a reference to a "6" on a clock. There were 6 of us who played. The 52 lines on the sides are in reference to 52 cards.

Inspiration:

Piano Man- Billy Joel

Piano Man

"Stray Cat Gang"

These characters are based off of the guys I ate lunch with. Frank is Isaac for example.

Dasha Linna

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/534239574518472535/

Organic Sculpture Collection

"Weird Orgas- Organic Sculptures"

Cardboard, paper, masking tape, wire, gel medium, ink

6 inches long

Sculpture 1 Full angle 1

Sculpture 1 Full angle 2

Sculpture 1 Detail

Sculpture 2 Full 1

Sculpture 2 Detail

Sculpture 3 Full 1

Sculpture 3 Full 2

Sculpture 3 Detail

In progress

Please accept this one. This is the only one I have. Sorry I spilled the ink 😂

Making things non-representational was hard. It was challenging to NOT make something look like something that already existed. I kept asking my friends, "what does this look like?" They would all answer with something random and that was exactly what I was going for. Using only a few different materials was hard too. I kept wanting to use ones that weren't on the list, but I couldn't.

Inspiration:

Russian Artists

https://www.macalester.edu/russian/about/resources/miscellany/matryoshka/

iStock

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/giraffe-beding-over-to-drink-from-a-pool-gm1194478266-340139133

Miraculous Heart of Mary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Heart_of_Mary

Visual Symbols

"Cow That Hopped The Planets"

Air Dry Clay, ink

3x6x2in

Full angle 2

Full angle 3

Detail

"Fame"

Air dry clay, ink

2x6x1in

Full angle 2

Full angle 3

Detail

While working on these, I came to a realization that not everything needs to be literal. There can be symbols and actions that represent things. Like for example, the second sculpture's arms falling off symbolizes the fame literally "breaking" him. These symbols can be interpreted differently, too. Not everyone can take things the way I do. And that is ok.

In process: