News and information from St. George's British International School Art Department, Rome, Italy
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Saturday, October 09, 2010
Some interesting sculptural projects in a range of unusual media
Follow the links to the artists' sites
How does an artist's choice of medium impact upon the final outcome?
Prior to Duchamp & Picasso. most sculptors used ceramics, carved stone, bone, plaster or wood and cast metal to express their ideas. Now available media might include frozen blood, vaseline, waste products, sharks and formaldehyde, condoms, old tights, kebabs, cigarette ends, used engine oil, the artist's own body....
Or in this case - the artist Gianni Motti presents a bar of soap that he claims is made from fat that was liposuctioned from Silvio Berlusconi:
further information here
Follow the links to the artists' sites
How does an artist's choice of medium impact upon the final outcome?
Prior to Duchamp & Picasso. most sculptors used ceramics, carved stone, bone, plaster or wood and cast metal to express their ideas. Now available media might include frozen blood, vaseline, waste products, sharks and formaldehyde, condoms, old tights, kebabs, cigarette ends, used engine oil, the artist's own body....
Or in this case - the artist Gianni Motti presents a bar of soap that he claims is made from fat that was liposuctioned from Silvio Berlusconi:
further information here
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