The first sculptor I chose was Alexander Archipenko. His sculptures I found very interesting because of his portrayals of the human figure. The simple shapes connect together and form these compositions that convey an amost otheworldly figure, yet still humanistic.
The second artist i chose was Nancy Holt because her sculpture work dealt with such an interesting topic of celestial art. Her Sun tunnels had such a different syle to her original idea that I could not possibly pass up putting her in my blog.
Thirdly, i really enjoyed Robert Smithson's works because his sculptures consisted of many geometrical designs, along with some natural works involving the dirt and such. Both of the different ideas had dramatic effects just through a simple galnce at them and his ability to give the works such power is commendable.
My fourth choice just so happened to be THE Tatlin who had been devising the Tatlin tower, which woul dhave dwarfed the Eiffel tower of Paris. I thought this was seriously amazing at the proportions of the tower and even the model shown was really interesting to look at. His idea of giving it moving parts coinciding with the days montshs and years was unique. His other smaller works had a very unique quality to them as well in how he seemed to compose many of his works with some sort of architectural reference to them. I thought this gave the pieces something different to think about than most sculptures.
Walter DeMaria, the fifth sculptor i chose had the craziest ideas putting the metal rods all lined up in the field to attract lightning and make one of nature's most powerful phenomena into a work of art. This truly astounded me and i would love to go see the Lightning Field. His other works had very different styles as well in how he would assemble massive structures, or works taht would span a whole room. These works had interesting inspiration from the earth as well, but the scale gave them their true potential.
