frank stella

Frank stella was painter/sculptor and highly regarded minimalist. I like his style because everything he does plays a part and serves a purpose although it may not look like it, thats just how HE wanted it to be done.

Both very 3d but all literally flat. Id like to do something with a simple form and a very popping layer over top... if that makes sense

joan MIro

 Joan miro is a painter, sculptor and ceramist known for her very pure abstracted form. I really like what joan miro does because its very appeasing to the eye, its simple but its complex in the sense youve never seen it before but its "formal" enough to be relatable and recognizable

Her art is all very sculpturally interesting. focuses more on a form rather than the form. I also really enjoy the placement of color in the two paintings, the way its only emphasized greatly in some areas

clAES OLDenBURg

claes oldenburg is another large scale public sculpture. he takes objects such as a saw, a birdie, a spoon and turns them large scale and places them somewhere out in the open

here are some:

 saw sawing

 cupids span

 clothespin one

anish kapoor

anish kapoor is a sculpture who utilizes the setting of a place for a large scale sculpture. he tends to be abstract but focuses alot on form and color. one of his most famous pieces is the bean in chicago

 c- curve, notice where the sculpture is and the material

 sky mirror

 not sure what this one is called but its cool

JEan ARP

jean arp is crazy abstract. he uses alot of pure form and geometric shapes and colors to make the sculpture/painting more appealing to the eye.

 tete paysage

 growth 

 before my birth

overall he is very abstract in the sense that his art seems to be less comprehendible to anyone not jean arp

MariSOL

 this is a work of art by marisol i found most definitely interesting. it shows a total of 4 figures with no real body but the one painted on a huge block of wood with tiny heads and tiny blocks on top of the body. i thought this was a really neat idea. 

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marisol does alot of wood carving full sculptures which also interest me alot 

 multiple faces, bllock bodies? all awesome

 this is one is also great

francis bacon

 i really have been enjoying francis bacon recently and his completely abstract style of art. i would really like to go in directions as extreme as these on some pieces this trimester 

 another interesting image. it seems to have a darker side to it so i would like to incorporate some sort of literal emotion into my sculptures