Play with Iron - Direct Metal Sculpture

Author: Sun Lu
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Publish Date: 2005-04-11
Features: The 21st-century Chinese art education is facing tremendous renewal and transformation. This series of books will provide close attention and reflection on this process. It will showcase the creative teaching concepts, methods of young and middle-aged teachers in art academies, as well as the interactive process between teachers and students that stimulates minds and ignites inspiration. It focuses on experimentation and exploration. The content covers various professional fields such as painting, sculpture, design, animation, photography, and architecture. Direct metal sculpture is an art form that directly constructs volume or space through industrial processing methods such as cutting, forging, welding, and polishing of metal materials. The concept of direct metal sculpture was first proposed in early 20th-century Europe. The changes in social living environments and the advent of the industrial age led to significant shifts in people's attitudes and unprecedented vibrancy in artistic thought. Many artists at that time were filled with ideals of transformation, reexamining all traditions and rules while yearning for new artistic models. Compared to traditional sculpture before this period, his sculptures were no longer a single entity but rather a collection of parts. Cubism holds revolutionary significance for modern art. Its representative figure, Picasso's assemblage sculptures and Gonzalez's steel welding sculptures that suggest human figure characteristics, became the earliest forms of direct metal sculpture. Their sculptures marked the birth of direct metal sculpture as the main medium of modern sculpture: the age of using iron in sculpture had begun.