First, his piece:
Apparently, the pebbles / rocks were found broken and were simply arranged by Andy. Neither the cracks nor white lines were forced or done to the rocks by any individual (just nature).Similarly, we have pieces of paper arranged by chance:
Source.The above is a "collage with squares arranged by the laws of chance" by Jean Hans.
In both pieces, nature, and chance, play an important role in the piece. But our inclinations question these apparent instances of chance. Is it plausible for pebbles to all be found broken in the same manner, by nature? Is it plausible that squares of paper neatly arrange themselves to make a DaDa collage?
In both pieces, nature, and chance, play an important role in the piece. But our inclinations question these apparent instances of chance. Is it plausible for pebbles to all be found broken in the same manner, by nature? Is it plausible that squares of paper neatly arrange themselves to make a DaDa collage?
2 comments:
I enjoyed your search for similar threads that tie different forms of art together (in this case, chance). I also love that you referenced Jean Arp!
Although, and it might be the cynic in me, but I find it hard to believe that Goldsworthy 'found' those rocks are they were. And the same goes for Arp. I had a long discussion with my Foundation Studio professor about the kind of restraint it would take to simply drop paper and leave it as-is. And both Arp's and Goldsworthy's pieces are too well-composed for me to believe that they weren't altered at all.
I'm sorry for the off-topic rant!
Oh, also, are you a GDes student by chance? I only ask because of your knowledge of Arp and the photos you took at Pollak.
Hi Carissa,
Thanks for your comments. I think we (and really everyone else) has a very strong feeling that neither Arp nor Goldsworthy full gave in to chance in the referenced works! It just seems... a bit too improbable.
I'm not a GDes student, I'm actually an Economics & Philosophy major, but really enjoy art. My favorite class so far has been one of my Art History survey courses. I've wanted to take some AFO courses, but apparently I have to be in the program to take them.
I actually would like to comment on your most recent post about Graffiti and origins in Germany, the original communal aspect of graffiti and so on, but for some reason can't comment in your blog (in both IE and FF).
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