Mayan Sculpture

Mayan Sculpture.

Mayan Sculpture was very present in a lot of every day items. Things such as altars, or thrones had ornamental carvings, and Mayan culture was rich with art, and there was avery specific aesthetic in their society. Buildings were adorned with stucco sculptures, and Mayan art was very refined for the time. Here are some examples of Mayan art.

Negative Space

Negative Space

Negative Space is the area around the art, it could just be a blank background, or a splash of color. But Negative Space can be used in really creative ways. It can be a way to bring new depth to the art!

Edward Tufte

The way simple shapes are used in this sculpture to create an image, that could be different depending on the person, although I see a very minimalist face.



Sukhi Barber

This Sculpture does the same thing, but in a greater way I think, as not only is there an image within the sculpture, but the sculpture itself is art, unlike the image above, which uses negative space, but it doesn't really bother with the sculpture itself. This image also has great symbolism included in the piece. 



Matteo Pugliese

This sculpture is an amazing integration of negative space, and the sculpture itself. It does an amazing job of blurring the lines between the negative space, and the sculpture itself.



Lisa Fedon.

I like how the Sculpture is focused more on the negative space than the positive, as there isn't much of it to begin with. It's like a 3D illustration.



Bruno Catalano 

I like the way this sculpture just looks, the people, and the bench they're interacting with all look as if they've had a bite taken out of them, and the negative space really brings a feeling of whats gone from these statues is really missing, it brings a good sense of emptiness.

Masks

Masks

Masks are used in a lot of cultures for various things, be it ritual, theatre, or something else, one thing about masks is that their style is ALWAYS unique to their respective cultures, which I find to be amazing, and each mask is such a good descriptor for their respective culture.

I really love this African mask, as it does a good job maintaining a certain look, a lot of the features are made of this diamond shape, which really brings a good visual consistency to it.

Kabuki Masks are always something I've enjoyed, as they share a consistent color palette, but the expressions are usually on opposite ends of the spectrum. This being more extreme.

But the Greek Theatre masks are the pinnacle of human expression, and I think it is an amazing example of how amazing artwork can be, even for the limited toolset of back then.

Native American masks, and artwork in general have an amazing visual style, everything about the mask is linked together by the colors on it, and everything on the mask draws your eye to a point.

Now this Deviates from what I've been talking about, as its a shift from historical masks, to masks worn in contemporary fashion. I really enjoy this mask as all its textures and bumps look like scales, and it gives me a lot to look at.

I really love this mask, as it really incorporates a natural vibe to it, but in more of an ethereal sense, like a glorification of nature.

This is the mask of Agamemnon, and old Minoan mask, that is fairly crude, but I feel like it holds a sort of place of importance due to how old it was.

I really like this deer mask, because not only of its simple geometric design, but the use of such simple materials to amazing affect makes me really enjoy this mask.

Here is another mask based in nature, but it is an adorable simplification of it, I feel like a forest sprit or something would wear this.

This final mask I really like because of its use of trash ad every day materials, which allows for real character to shine through with this mask

Sven Rayen

Sven Rayen

Sven Rayen Caught my eve when I saw his work. Tattoo's have always been really interesting to me as there's this really intense sense of object permanence that comes along with it, so its really important to nail what you want when it comes to a tattoo. The amazing concept behind the whole geometric animals is super interesting to me, as I love the thought of taking a very inorganic concept, and mixing it with one of the very thinks that defines nature itself.

Like how creative is that???

Frank Stella

Frank Stella

Frank Stella was an American artist born in 1936.

He originally did abstract paintings with the belief that these paintings were nothing more than an image, paint on a canvas. This means his abstract paintings existed only for their value as an aesthetic choice. Nothing more and nothing less. Just something to look at.

He eventually shifted to Three Dimensional art in the 80's, which is what will I'll be talking about in this blog.

A lot of his sculpture has this similar visual aesthetic of the geometric insanity, it has fairly identifiable shapes, mixed together in a way that creates a chaos. This goes for the colors as well, with there being a lot of geometric inspiration, mixed with very loud colors creates an amazing visual aesthetic.

This Sculpture by Frank is another example of that sporadic visual style, although it is isn't as intense as the last example I've shown.