Berlinde de Bruyckere

I am fascinated by the work of de Bruyckere. She is very much out there with her work and is not afraid to create ridiculously gruesome work.

museumuesum:

Berlinde De Bruyckere

Inside me,

2008-2010,
Cast iron, horse skin, epoxy, iron, wood
328.7 x 244.5 x 126.5 cm / 129 3/8 x 96 1/4 x 49 3/4 in

Berlinde de Bruyckere

berlinde de bruyckere

marthe

2008

(wax, epoxy, metal, mood and glass)

Marc Quinn - Researching Artists

Marc Quinn

No Visible Means of Escape

1996

RTV 74-30 and rope 180 x 60 x 30.5 cm

Experimenting

After looking at various crinkled surfaces, my sculpture has began a journey of its own. It seems to be heading in the direction of Paul Thek's work, who deals with the body in a gruesome manner. I would now describe my work as butcher-like.

Paul Thek (1933-1988)

Untitled (Meat Piece with Flies), 1965

from the series Technological Reliquaries.

wood, formica, metal, wax, paint, glass beads, resin, acrylic glass

Paul Thek

Untitiled

wood, formica, metal, wax, paint, glass beads, resin, acrylic glass

1966

Sculpture Elective

The verb I have chosen to start me off in my sculpture elective is "to crinkle". I have begun crinkling different materials such as cling film, plastic, paper, parchment paper. It is interesting to observe how the different materials react to being crunched or crinkled up.

Parchment Paper

Tin Foil

Black Paper

Morgan Doyle

I find Doyle's prints atmospheric and full of movement.

Evening (Monoprint)  90 x 22.5 cm

Folly 49x33 ins.

Artist's Statement

When I first received the brief 'Urban' I began by taking interesting pictures. My photographs consisted of both structured and non-structured objects. In the print-room I experimented with wood block, dry-point and mono-prints mainly concentrating on dry-point. Some of my mono-prints are inspired by Morgan Doyle's prints and are quite abstract. My other prints are industrial-like and rather structured. I quite like this element.

Print Elective - Experimenting with Masking Tape!