Final

"Raven Girl"

"Garden" by

Irene Gennaro

"White Shadow" by Joann Goetzinger

"Succulence" by Susan Ryan

"Hybrid" by Kathleen Spicer

WOOD FANTASY: Art works with wood and oil

s a curator I want to arrange an art exhibition. In that exhibition all works will be in same medium which is wood and oil paint. All of them will be sculpture and wood made sculpture. Wood sculptures are really impressive when artists use colors in wood and make something meaningful, it makes me surprised. For this exhibition I will choose the place just in front of the library of LaGuardia Community College. I will choose this place because there are some showcases which are already known to everybody as sculpture showcase. In every semester different types of artworks have been presented there. Personally, I always wait to see new artwork in that place. Now it’s my turn. Next exhibition will be occurred with my fantastic wood creation collections. Another reason to choose that place is, this is the only most visited place in LaGuardia College.  People go to the library for many purposes; also there is a cafeteria, many cultural programs take place there. In addition, many internal and external college programs also held there. So, it seems like I will able to get different types of audience. Obviously, those people who are really interested with art they will be my main audience also might be other people will see the exhibition because of the place. May be they will feel interested of art after seeing those fabulous works.

          The theme of the show is “Art on wood”. I come up with this idea because I feel that a sculpture is more high level art work than other types of arts. 3D is really a powerful art creation. It is not easy to create something in a 3D format. People will see the art in different way. This type of show will make people think.

          I choose works by different artists with different themes/concept, but they used almost same elements. The first work is called “Raven Girl” by of Audrey Niffenegger. The artist used Oil on wood pane. He made the face of dream girl in the wood.The second sculpture is called
"Garden" by Irene Gennaro. This artist also used wood and oil. here also he used with wax, clay, and plaster as a medium. He created some elements of a garden in a piece  of wood, such as bird, fruit, tree, flower and so on. The third sculpture is called "Succulence" by Susan Ryan. This piece is made from paper mache pulp. The paper mache was sanded, gessoed and then painted with oil glazes. The forth sculpture is called "White Shadow" by Joann Goetzinger. Oil on wood. The last one is called "Hybrid" by Kathleen Spicer.
Hybrid, 2010. Oil on wood 40′ x 6′ x 6′. This sculpture is not that old.

Now let’s see those works linked together. I already talked about the medium of the works. If we look closely we will see different artist made different amazing sculptures using same medium. Also if we look for visual elements of the works we will see, all of them are in same shape which is 3D. They all have length, width and depth. In first two works there are no negative spaces, but rest three works have some. They used primary, secondary and tertiary colors.