Sculpsit: Between Thought and Action
Looking at the pivotal role of sculpture in current practice, the exhibition features fourteen significant artists, many of them represented by The Guild.
鈥淭he term 鈥楽culpsit鈥 literally means 鈥榟e (or she) sculpted it鈥欌 Up to the 1870s, book illustrations required two steps: the artist drawing the design on paper, and then an engraver translating it to wood or copper. Taking from this dialogic relationship between drawing to sculpture, the exhibition proposes to envision sculpture not as an (abstract) continuum but as a material envelope that grows organically from the original drawing, sketch, maquette or photograph鈥. whereby the artist plays both the role of the artist and the engraver 鈥 emphasizing both change and transience, material and materiality, where the image (drawing / sketch / photograph) and the form (sculpture) reveal the complex interchanges and the ensuing interaction between the artists鈥 drawing and the translation of it in form - the 鈥榮culpture鈥.鈥 鈥 excerpt from an essay by Sasha Altaf, an independent curator, art critic and adjunct professor at the Department of Art and Art History, University of Miami, Florida.
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Looking at the pivotal role of sculpture in current practice, the exhibition features fourteen significant artists, many of them represented by The Guild.
鈥淭he term 鈥楽culpsit鈥 literally means 鈥榟e (or she) sculpted it鈥欌 Up to the 1870s, book illustrations required two steps: the artist drawing the design on paper, and then an engraver translating it to wood or copper. Taking from this dialogic relationship between drawing to sculpture, the exhibition proposes to envision sculpture not as an (abstract) continuum but as a material envelope that grows organically from the original drawing, sketch, maquette or photograph鈥. whereby the artist plays both the role of the artist and the engraver 鈥 emphasizing both change and transience, material and materiality, where the image (drawing / sketch / photograph) and the form (sculpture) reveal the complex interchanges and the ensuing interaction between the artists鈥 drawing and the translation of it in form - the 鈥榮culpture鈥.鈥 鈥 excerpt from an essay by Sasha Altaf, an independent curator, art critic and adjunct professor at the Department of Art and Art History, University of Miami, Florida.
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