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Wire sculpture is the creation of sculpture out of wire. The use of metal wire in jewelry dates back to the 2nd Dynasty in Egypt and to the Bronze and Iron Ages in Europe. [ 1 ] In the 20th century, the works of Alexander Calder , Ruth Asawa , and other modern practitioners developed the medium of wire sculpture as an art form.
Robin Wight has created four Dancing with Dandelions sculptures, which he calls "One O'clock Wish ". He called it his signature piece and has said it is the most requested sculpture. He claims that a 20 second video of the sculpture he called Living the Dream went viral in 2014. [1] Wight creates sculptures of fairies with dandelions.
The wire is affixed to a base which is usually made of wood. The artist then begins fleshing out the sculpture by adding wax or clay over the wire. Depending on the material and technique, the armature may be left buried within the sculpture but, if the sculpture is to be hollowed out for firing , it must 1 be removed.
In 2014 a visitor shared a photo of one of the sculptures and Wight's Fantasywire Facebook page swelled to 440,000 followers. [3] [4] Robin Wight has created four Dancing with Dandelions sculptures, which he calls "One o'clock Wish". He called it his signature piece and has said it is the most requested sculpture.
It was made of tape and wire and was put on display at the Kyiv Museum of Contemporary Art. The artist claimed that the sculpture "went unnoticed". [2] The sculpture was remanufactured on a much larger scale and it was featured at the 2015 Burning Man festival. [3] [2] In 2015 the art theme of Burning Man was "Carnival of Mirrors". [4]
Ruth Aiko Asawa (January 24, 1926 – August 5, 2013) was an American modernist artist known primarily for her abstract looped-wire sculptures inspired by natural and organic forms. In addition to her three-dimensional work, Asawa created an extensive body of works on paper, including abstract and figurative drawings and prints influenced by ...
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Pablo Picasso, 1910–11, Guitariste, La mandoliniste (Woman playing guitar or mandolin), oil on canvas [1] Pablo Picasso, 1911, La Femme au Violon , oil on canvas, private collection, on long-term loan to Bavarian State Painting Collections , Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich [ 1 ]