At the beginning of 2019. I participated in an interesting three hour sculpture workshop organized by Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Croatia. The workshop was part of START'19 project, the international celebration of contemporary sculpture organized by sculpture network. The manifestation is happening at around 70 locations in more than 20 European countries and, according to the organizers, the central theme of all events had been the relationship between three-dimensional art and society.
During the event, four parallel workshops were held by experienced sculptors Hana Lukas Midžić and Melita Omeragić, who were very inspiring and helpful, so we all dived deeply into understanding the sculpture and artistic process of creating it.
The emphasis was on tactile experience and the creation of unusual shapes from everyday material in line with modernist sculptures focused on making of constructed sculpture with using and displaying objects and materials found around us. The process moves away from classical focusing on human body to anything created from our inner imaginative worlds. The main guideline was how sculptors perceive space and volume.
Generally, sculpture results from adding or subtracting volume into space, so we had been offered different objects from which we were supposed to create a sculpture using the same technique.
The "Ninja" sculpture
My project started unintentionally by picking up interesting objects and materials found at the venue. In creating my artwork the process itself led me to the final object. In my efforts to assemble materials, I had to think about proportion, textures, colors, static or presentation in space.
The "Ninja" sculpture is a beast that lives on a newly created art construction and is made from one white balloon, one sock with panties and several cardboard circles. The sculpture simply arose from a process of thinking how those pieces could be assembled together to create a meaningful whole. When finished, sculpture looked somewhat alive, so immediately it got an name "Ninja" (you can guess why, right?).
So while I was creating sculpture, some participants, mostly kids, were busy with building big card board structure. When it was finished it look perfect as a "house" for my "Ninja" sculpture. Do you agree?
The description of all events read on here
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