JAKE QUEST: MFA Thesis - Sculpture
Subject
Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::ArtSculpture Exhibitions
Digital art Exhibitions
Figurative sculpture
Self-portraiture
Woodwork
Furniture
Objet collé
Collage
Sculpture
Wood carving
Human condition
Pablo Picasso
H.C. Westermann
Wendell Castle
Devo
Abstract
Objects made by humans contain within them human characteristics. For example, chairs, like people, have legs, arms, backs, feet. Bottles have necks. Clocks have hands. People and the objects we make are unified by a common design language. What started as separate interests in industrial design, furniture making, and the human condition merged to form my practice. Humor is also a critical part of my work. A combination of strict proportions, abrupt transitions, and juxtaposition of objects and form make for a quirky sort of tension. Working with wood, as well as incorporating everyday objects and materials, I create silly, yet somewhat serious, anthropomorphic, furniture-like, autobiographical figures.Collections
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