The Libyan

For our first Wood, Stone, and Steel project we had to find a master artist reference to base our work off of. The idea was to take the composition and distill it down to it's simplest forms. Created the same atmosphere without recreating the work itself.
I went Renaissance and picked The Libyan from the Sistine Chapel. The angles of the arms and legs next to the flowing mid-torso cloak offered a lot of opportunities to play.

I wanted to add two different aesthetics to it however, gothic and futurist. Gothic because I love the forms and futurist because it accents movement. It was going to be a freestanding version of what I did in high school but in an already established composition. I elongated the figure for further abstraction.

 

We made little maquettes. Or trophies, I call them. The reward of planning.

Various stages of assembly. If it isn't known already I was heavily influenced by the work of Louise Nevelson. All the wood was either pressure fit via dowels or adhered with wood glue.

                 

Threw on a coat of paint.

Sanded the edges and shot some photos!