Buddha With Wall Analysis

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In the sculptures, Buddha with Wall by Rachel Harrison and Patrick by Oliver Herring, the artist’s use distinctive materials such as digital e-prints and Portland cement. Both artists’ are also aware of the size, orientation, and the relation to the surrounding space in order to create realistic statues needing to be viewed from all points. Harrison and Oliver created their sculptures differently and more complex than normal sculptures. Oliver uses over a million different photos of his model, Patrick, in order to cut each photo and create a three- dimensional image with all of the photos. This allows a close up to his model’s hair, skin, and so much more. Likewise, Harrison placed two distinctive objects touching each other creating different …show more content…

Herring’s sculpture is different yet the same because Patrick does have a direct back and front, but is also life-sized. Harrison’s sculpture is not larger than life in the sense that the Buddha’s body weight and height are normal, however, his feet and hands seem to be larger and not matching the rest of his body. In terms of scale, the Buddha seems a lot larger and bigger because of the huge wooden wall that is leaning against him. I do not think the Buddha himself is larger, but compared to the size of the wall, it makes it seem like he is either taller or equivalent to the height of a wall. Although he is not at my direct eye level, he could be at someone else’s eye level which makes him seem more life-sized. The sculpture does not have a clear front or back because it is different from all angles. The white and gold wall is on one side and the Buddha is on the other, making is difficult to state which side is the front. One angle shows a white and gold lined walled leaning against the Buddha. Another angle shows Buddha laughing or smiling directly towards the viewer. This angle has the Buddha’s face, body, and feet towards the viewer. On another angle, the Buddha’s side view is shown as he is standing near the same wall discussed earlier, except this part of the wall is no longer white with gold lines, but just wood. On another angle, you can see the back of Buddha with his clothes on a bag wrapped around his wooden stick. At this angle, you can see his bald head that looks very smooth and dull. At each angle of this sculpture, there is a completely different aspect, but Herring’s is quite different. Patrick is life-sized; he is a normal and realistic size for a human body. He is also not over muscular or too fit. He is sitting down and hunched over with his arms crossed, all of which make him more naturalistic. He is not raised up to my eye level,

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