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Your Favorite Modern Sculpture Template
Respond to these writing prompts about your selected modern sculpture:
Lynda Benglis, Blatt (1969)
1.
What identifying information can you supply about the sculpture and the sculptor?
In December 1969, Benglis began pouring paint on the attic floor and letting the product
dry. Blatter and other works, which Benglis describes as "gone" or "degenerate" paintings
partly created as a reaction to the pseudo-paintings created by the abstract expressionist
Jackson Pollock two decades earlier. In his writings, Pollock throws, drips, and spills
paint on the canvases he places on the studio floor. Pollock's paintings were enlarged and
hung on gallery walls, while Benglis' rubber puddles remained horizontal, revealing both
painting and sculptural features. The object is filled with random bubbles and drops of
water, which the artist welcomes out of respect for the object's natural character.
"I realized that the idea of managing the problem was ridiculous," he said. "The problem
can and will have a form.
2.
Why did you select this modern sculpture to share and write about?
I chose this sculpture to write about because, unlike painting, which always represents the
illusion of a three-dimensional space on a flat surface, the sculpture exists in a shared
space where people watch. The sculpture is also tactile, and its many textures and
materials can be felt.
3.
What is unique about sculptures?
A
sculpture is unique. It relates to us more personally than any other art form
because it usually depicts something we are accustomed to. It is a recognizable
illustration of how we live and how our senses understand the world around us.
4.
What do you see in this sculpture? Be sure to provide sufficient details.
I see the flamboyantly colored pigmented latex on the ground. It looks like a fallen painting.
Also, I see the chaos in the sculpture.
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5.
What do you think and feel about this sculpture?
It can stimulate ideas as it allows viewers to draw their own emotions in their thoughts
and pull from their personal experiences as they encounter them.
What meaning does this sculpture have for you?
What message do you think the sculptor was trying to convey?