concrete, glass, wood, metal
Piccinini: Nature’s Little Helpers – The Surrogate (For the Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat)It is a sculpture Piccinini made in 2004. She used silicon, fiberglass, leather, plywood and hair to make it. Piccinini designed a group of surrogate creatures to support the endangered indigenous Australian animals. The sketches of these sculptures are about some children playing with the Surrogates and she worked with a large team in their physical construction. The use of silicon, fiberglass and even human hair shows the level of detail, and the wrinkles of skin around the outer elbows have been recreated. The wombat is still hairless and pink which shows that we are endangering their natural habitat and this is Piccinini’s aim to assist the endangered Wombat’s survival.
Nolan: Death of Constable Scanlon
This painting is from the Ned Kelly Series and he used ripolin enamel on the hardboard. Ned Kelly’s head was depicted as a black square and distorted the body. Nolan’s simplified depiction of Ned Kelly in his armour has become an iconic Australian image, and the Kelly legend was also a way got Nolan to paint the Australian landscape in new ways. The painting has rich colours and murky textures. Nolan’s paintings always talk about the stories of Ned Kelly, it has already become the image of Nolan and he has also become a story teller.
This painting is from the Ned Kelly Series and he used ripolin enamel on the hardboard. Ned Kelly’s head was depicted as a black square and distorted the body. Nolan’s simplified depiction of Ned Kelly in his armour has become an iconic Australian image, and the Kelly legend was also a way got Nolan to paint the Australian landscape in new ways. The painting has rich colours and murky textures. Nolan’s paintings always talk about the stories of Ned Kelly, it has already become the image of Nolan and he has also become a story teller.
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I really love how well your SketchUp model reflects the artwork of the client! The unusual curving of the top structure builds such a strong link to the awkward hands of Piccinini's animal - you can see the thought you've put into concept development! Your sketch is precise and clear too - which looks like it helped you when it came to building in SketchUp in that the relationship between the different spaces is very clear. The stairs look highly functional too - it's easy to imagine how the artists would get their work to the gallery, especially Nolan with the ramp (although the spiral staircase might make things tricky). All up I really like how the even though the spaces are very different they relate well to each other when connected!
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