FOUR DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO ART
Wolfgang Laib, with his modern sculptures, catches the viewer attention to look art differently. That is because that he uses very natural but extremely time consuming materials to deal, which also serve his concepts that impermanence and the moment. In addition, his simple sculptures carry the mystical rituals of the east, create the theatricality of Minimalism.His attention to simplicity starts with moving to a modernist glass house in the middle of a vast meadow surrounded by forest. His family's "pared-down" style is also reflected in the works: "the Laibs slept on futons and ate their vegetarian meals sitting on the floor. This extreme simplicity and orientation to the floor would later become important elements in Laib's work"(1). Relating to this effect, there is another thing determines his materials. The placement of his house allows him to collect natural substances like pine, dandelion and hazelnut pollens, and also beeswax, stone, marble, milk and boulder. The shapes of the sculptures and the way of exhibiting them are very close to Minimalist sculptures. He uses modest and simple shapes. However, Laib's theatricality in his works is another issue. The spectators come into his wor
For these works, she always chose detailed and powerful objects and elements that address to international and cold war, such as, maps of U. For general concepts or issues concerning to politics, she uses public space that is more effective in displaying the works, like the work "In the place of the Public: Airport Series". According to his works, there are extreme naturalism and purity more than simplicity. armed forces deployments, military uniforms, weapons, and newspaper clippings. Although Rosler's concept of feminism matches with Leonard's babydolls and suitcases, Rosler's direct attack differentiates her installations from others. However, Laib's and Krasner's works can put together because their lives influenced their working courses. "The beeswax infuses the containing spaces with a rich, warm fragrance that becomes almost overwhelming when one enters Somewhere Else. p: 912) Brant Sandra, Art in America, March 2001, U. She also depicted the symbols of tribal and prehistoric cultures. "Each figure was a richly contradictory repository of inaccessible memories along with socially decodable content".
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