Andrew chase
Like most sculptors Andrew chase specialises in a specific area of
sculpture medium and subject, Andrew chase uses metal as his medium and
wildlife as his subject. He also uses photography for his art. he has made
multiple animal sculptures including the wolf visible to the left of the page,
a giraffe, a gorilla , a polar bear, a tyrannosaurus rex and many other
creatures with each taking at least over 50 hours to complete. The sculptor
makes the animals so that their joints are articulate and allow for the subject
to be posed and used in stop motion animation. Most of the metals used in
Chase's sculptures are recycled because the parts are cheaper and easier to
obtain and also give the creatures and abandoned steampunk appearance. As
visible form the image to the left the wolf is created to be as realistic and
accurate as possible showing the engineering in the joints and libs of the wolf
enabling it to look natural despite being made of steel, rods and car parts.Andrew chase was born near Boston and began to become interested in art around the age of 15 he later moved to Utah and has remained there since.
The art of Andrew chase is inspiring mainly because it consists mostly of found materials that are assembled creatively into an articulate 3D sculpture of a chosen creature making his work achievable provided the correct equipment is owned, also by challenging himself and constructing the sculptures to be articulate also makes his work more desirable as it allows for sculptures to be posed and even used in stop frame animations which brings them to life to appear as si-fi/steampunk robotics. His work draws my attention as it focuses on the natural world and brings nature and discarded man made metals together in juxtaposition making them even more outstanding, I also like how they are creatively assembled for example many of the animals have parts of tracks as paws and engines as cores to link them to machines, possibly to represent how they are built to survive.
Chase was chosen as an inspirational artist because he uses both nature and sculpture in his art and uses an uncommon, found medium to bring them together
1
2
No comments:
Post a Comment