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An Immaterial Drawing in Space: Alberto Giacometti’s The Palace at 4 a.m. (1933)

October 22, 2017 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

A 1933 sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, The Palace at 4 a.m. relates to "a period of six months passed in the presence of a woman who, concentrating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: scaffolding, sculpture, skeletons, stage, surrealism

Concrete Modular Cities by David Umemoto

November 16, 2015 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

David Umemoto is an architect who creates concrete architectural sculptures. His work, he explains, is a highly codified and rigorous construction of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: Concrete, sculpture

Monument for Every Situation, Lygia Clark (1964)

March 10, 2015 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Monumento para todas as situações ("Monument for Every Situation"), is a series of small-scale objects created by Lygia Clark  in 1964. (See also in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: form of form, monument, sculpture

Erwin Heerich’s Abstract Geometrical Compositions (and Other Works)

January 30, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

German artist Erwin Heerich (1922-2004) used to work mostly with cardboard and polystyrene, materials which he believed didn't have any specific … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: drawings, form of form, isometric, sculpture

“I grew up here, but I never felt entirely part of it”: Marco Tirelli’s Tiny Sculptures

December 8, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Marco Tirelli grew up at the Swiss Institute in Rome, surrounded by visiting scholars and artists. His father was the manager and he family lived … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Models Tagged With: form of form, scenes, sculpture, set design, theatre

“Irrational and Useless” Monument: The Abu Dhabi Mastaba by Christo and Jeanne-Claude

April 22, 2014 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 6 Comments

Since 1977 Christo and Jeanne-Claude have been working on their largest mastaba of oil barrels, a project conceived for the city of Abu Dhabi in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: desert, form of form, monument, sculpture

Notes for a Short History of the Anti-Monument /1 : Claes Oldenburg Proposed Colossal Monuments

March 6, 2014 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Claes Oldenburg's unbuilt "Monuments" are imaginary anti-memorials designed by the artist at the end of the 1960s. Their paradoxical anti-monumental … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Culture Tagged With: drawings, form of form, monument, sculpture

Tools for Minimal Space Occupations: Action Pieces by Franz Erhard Walther

February 25, 2014 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 1 Comment

  Franz Erhard Walther is an influential German artist, active since the early 1960s. His works explore the relationship between space and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: body art, conceptual, interaction, sculpture

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