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Who’s afraid of a little color? Jessica Stockholder isn’t.

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7 Responses to “Who’s afraid of a little color? Jessica Stockholder isn’t.”

  1.    Casey Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 8:03 am

    Wow, the colors in these pieces are so exciting. There is something very cartoon-like or kid-like about the colors, but the pieces are not kid-like at all. A lot of times I feel like colors like these make me less excited about the piece, but in Stockholder’s work the colors are drawing me into the pieces. I would like to be able to see them in person to get the full effect of the color, and to be able to see the details.

  2.    roblog Says:
    February 18th, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    Color like this rocks and rolls. I think one of the problems associated with contemporary sculpture is that we leave consideration of color out of our constructive process–we may decide to add some on as an afterthought, paint it all one color, or leave it as is, but this is as far as we go. This mindset may be left over from the modernists–Greenberg thought sculpture should NEVER have color.

    Maybe its because I’m fond of anything that subverts Greenberg, or maybe because I’m mostly a painter, but I think color is the best part of sculpture. Some of the “unmonumental” works on display right now at the New Museum in New York really excite me with their use of “found” color–found objects that serve roles of adding color as well as form.

    http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/4

  3.    csnif3jm Says:
    February 19th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    Overtime I have loosened up my use of color. Right out of highschool I was coming from a background where my color palette didn’t stray much from black and white. I was interested in stencils and graffiti, while also working at a screenprinting shop where the designs have to be in black to eat away the emulsion on the screen. But experiences in a few studio classes have taught me that liberal use of it can be freeing and exciting. One of the reason’s why I’m a big fan of Calvin Burton’s work is that I can appreciate his wild use of color and how great it must feel.

    My hypothesis is that sculptors normally adhere to a conservative use of color because they don’t want to take away from the object. But with Stockholder’s work I think color is on the same level of importance with the object. She said in an interview that she started out as a painter and enjoys looking at things in a pictorial way. This is probably how color has snuck into her work so often.

  4.    Kaitlyn Says:
    February 19th, 2008 at 7:02 pm

    I completely agree with Robert in that color sometimes gets left out of sculpture. Just like the article about writing/planning, these pictures pointed out one of my own weaknesses….I rarely use color! I have been keeping most of my pieces neutral colors and I never really noticed until now. I don’t have anything against really bold and vibrant colors, I just never think to use them. However, after seeing how AMAZING these bold and drastic colors make Jessica Stockholder’s pieces look, I’ll keep a broader color palate in mind for future projects.

  5.    Chard Says:
    February 20th, 2008 at 11:26 am

    I think that color definitely plays a large role in Stockholder’s work but I dislike when color overtakes the structural aspect of a work. She finds balance her works as she leaves elements of the construction either visible through the color or as raw elements which break up and disturb the perfect pastel world around them.

    Robert’s link however… Holy Hell!

    Isa Genzken’s Elefant is exactly the kind of thing I was hoping to achieve in my next sculpture. The color in that work is the result of the materials it is created out of and the construction of the work forces certain colors to work together visually because they are being mechanically forced to work together. While I want to focus more on the actual hodge-podge construction aspect, the way the colors worked in that piece is nothing short of inspiring.

  6.    Isabel Says:
    April 16th, 2008 at 9:01 am

    I like color. however I do not use it as much as I would like to. I think that I am afraid of using it and that I micht not get the result I want from it. I think that for me to be able to get comfortable with color I have to star using itor I will never see what I can do with it. Coming from a cultural background where the bright colors are associated with the customs and the culture I feel that I should search and take advantage of this. I think that using color is a way to get out of my confort zone and I will try to push myself and do it.

  7.    Atomic Wall Clocks Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 12:40 am

    That’s amazing and really nicely written. Generally I don’t make posts on blogs, Then again I have to congratulate you on this one. Awesome blog

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