ART DISCUSSION: What is art? Who/what inspires you?

Can y'all help me with some ideas for my sculpture project?
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We've been given a wooden board, a bamboo stick, and a 'knottable' object of our choice, and we have to design a stage that will raise us up by 1 ft. Given 3 objects, we have to create a stage, but I want to do something different...

I'm curious to know what y'all would do if you were given this assignment?

Has anyone ever done something like this?
 
When studying industrial design I had multiple assignments that were similar. And honestly, thinking outside the box can be very hard. Check out what your peers are doing and don't do anything similar...
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I'd star off with this knottable object, which doesn't have to be a rope of any form, i.e. this is pretty cool: http://www.furnitureinchi...011-06/2011628112311.jpg
 
Progress/Process shots of the painting I'm presently working on...

Honestly thought I'd be done with the figural aspect of this painting by now, but I still have a lot to do; still need to resolve certain things on the face, make a sensible (and stick to it, lol) decision regarding where my light source is coming from, and un-flatten the background; and that's just 1/2 of the entire work to be done. Meanwhile, my prof. is expecting this to be 100% done by monday...

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I might be screwed...
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I think you may have a few sleepless nights ahead of you!
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There's a seemingly pretty good Tony Cragg exhibition in the Marian Goodman Gallery, for those in NYC.
 
LUKEwarm Skywalker, it's looking good. The progress from the last time you posted to now is great. The face looks much more resolved. I'm loving the colors and the handling of the paint on the shoulder.
 
In progress self-portrait. This will be finished by next Tuesday.

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I have some photos of a sculpture I just created too. I'll up that in a little bit.
 
NIce stuff. I was just watching a film by Kar-Wai is there a chance you used a picture from In the mood for love??
 
I have referenced In the Mood for Love in three different paintings actually! Wong Kar-Wai's films are one of the biggest influences on my style of painting.
 
First time creating a sculpture. Definitely enjoying working outside of the constraints of a canvas and using new materials.

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Skew

Styrofoam, Rustoleum, Rope, Cement, Egg shells
 
This sculpture was a way of playing with perception. I wanted to skew heaviness and lightness, solidity and fragility. I made the cube out of lightweight styrofoam. The base is made using cement with embedded eggshells. Tension is created by suspending the perceived weight over the perceived fragile objects. The cube is suspended at a height that viewers are invited to interact with it. It's also placed in a location where people inevitably confront it. When the viewer realizes the treachery of the piece, humor sets in. 
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Yo Boys Noize, I'm loving the cube/eggshell sculpture! Any concept behind it?
 
Originally Posted by FOG

Yo Boys Noize, I'm loving the cube/eggshell sculpture! Any concept behind it?
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I wrote this a couple posts below the original post on the sculpture.
This sculpture was a way of playing with perception. I wanted to skew heaviness and lightness, solidity and fragility. I made the cube out of lightweight styrofoam. The base is made using cement with embedded eggshells. Tension is created by suspending the perceived weight over the perceived fragile objects. The cube is suspended at a height that viewers are invited to interact with it. It's also placed in a location where people inevitably confront it. When the viewer realizes the treachery of the piece, humor sets in. 
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Thanks, yeah, clay, never bothered to make a negative and then cast another positive...

@ Hendrix - Do enjoy! Congrats!
 
Moving on, just finished watching Lucian Freud: Painted Life and I highly recommend it to any one who considers themself a painter of the figure. Documentary was filmed in the last days of Freud's life and actually shows him painting his last work. As this was a BBC production, intended solely for English viewership, it's a bit hard to find a "proper" site (U.S based) to view the documentary--perhaps due to the fact that the documentary premiered only 3 weeks ago--but there are outlets out there streaming it. Google is your friend...
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Anyway, here's a description:

Painted Life explores the life and work of Lucian Freud, undoubtedly one of Britain's greatest artists. Freud gave his full backing to the documentary shortly before his death. Uniquely, he was filmed painting his last work, a portrait of his assistant David Dawson.

Lucian Freud: Painted Life also includes frank testimony from those who knew and loved this extraordinary personality. Members of his large family (he had at least fourteen children by a number of different women), close friends including David Hockney and Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles, his dealers, his sitters and his former lovers recall for the first time a complex man who dedicated his life to his art and who always sought to transmute paint into a vibrant living representation of humanity.

The film shows how Freud never swam with the flow and only achieved celebrity in older age. He rejected the artistic fashions of his time, sticking to figurative art and exploring portraiture, especially with regards to nude portraiture, which he explored with a depth of scrutiny that produced some of the greatest works of our time.

This documentary is both a definitive biography and a revelatory exploration of the creative process.
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Really wonderful piece.

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