Abstract Sculptures

Abstract sculptures are very interesting things to look at. For example, the picture above is described as an 'oval with points.' The artist of this interesting sculpture is Henry Moore.

Like many other art forms, abstract sculptures have a distinct history. The 'father' of modern sculptures is considered to be a man by the name, Auguste Rodin. Rodin took away the basics of traditional 3D production and his ideas soon blossomed into new ones after further research was conducted. The thought that you could actually make sculptures by assembling parts instead of actually crafting them out of marble or wood adopted and brought forth more importance to the globalized term, abstract sculpture. A simple fact of the being is that abstract sculptures completely changed the course of modern art.

Now lets take a look at another very important figure that was vital to the developing of abstract art... Jean Arp. Arp was best known for his biomorphic sculptures made of plastic, stone, and bronze. He was also a painter, drawer, and maker of collages and poems. Arp often called his sculptures of wavy lines, organic abstraction, as of the fact that most of his art represented plants, nature, or humans. Jean Arp is made out to be one of the most resourceful sculptors in the 20th century; his work has influenced the course of many other artists' careers in abstract art as well.

The last artist is of great import also. Louise Nevelson was a rarity. She was a female working to make a difference in the male-dominated domain of art. Nevelson was associated with many movements, such as, the Abstract Expression, Cubism, and Surrealism. Her sculptures were made by assembling various discarded wooden objects, and were often monochromatic, sometimes slipping into the colors, black, white, or gold. The sculptures reflected her personal story. Later in her life, she also began using material like, plexiglass, aluminum, and steel.

After, looking at three amazing figures that influenced abstract sculptures through and through, I realize that without Auguste Rodin's initial thought process, Jean Arp's devotion to the art form, and Louise Nevelson's perseverance through a male-dominated world, abstract sculptures wouldn't have grown into the popular genre of art that it is today.