Sunday, 20 July 2014

The Importance of Material and Place

A wonderful example of how truly inspiring sculpture/art ensues when it emerges from the artist's deep connection with place and material:





And another, different but the same:



This kind of approach, i.e. the strong connection with place and material, makes for art that is contemporary, i.e. of its time, of now, of here and now; and totally idiosyncratic, fully true to the artist.


Also important is Shih Chieh Huang's final statement:"I'd like to share with you how ordinary things can become something magical and wondrous."
We are surrounded by beauty; artists bring it to light.