Double Meaning Sculptures?

Question

Alright, i've finnally figures out what to do for my sculpture: The Hubble Space Telescope. Now i plan on giving the sculpture a double meaning, so do you know of any other artists who often do the same with their sculptures; make a relatively realistic object and slightly alrternate so it looks like this one way and that another?

if this helps, i'm altering the sculpture by curving the solar panels so it looks like the hubble one way, and from the front it looks like an eye.

Answer 1

Hey zumoronuv...,

Very creative. To do this, I would sketch 2 views at 90 degrees from eachother. Call it a side and front. That way you can see how to make one view different than the other, lay out what you want, and begin to imagine how you will convert the 2 two-dimensional images into one three-dimension object.

Also, here are some sites that might help:

Answer 2

Check out the sculptures of Rodin. The people look ordinary enough until you look at proportions. Often arms and legs are not the correct length in an ordinary person. The proportions are different. Check out musculature as well. What was Rodin trying to say? Not sure, but there is certainly a double meaning there. He is making a statement about the human body and about how the human body is seen. There is not enough to make the average gazer notice but when you look in detail, there certainly is a difference. Your Hubble is subtle enough...who sees it? Yet look at the the pictures Hubble sends us. Hubble is a little nothing in space sending back gigantic ideas.

Answer 3

The secret is to let the viewers see the inanimate purpose of the object while at the same time imparting some human characteristics to it, and doing so in a way that human emotions are invoked from this inanimate object. Nobody ever said it was easy but that's what talent is all about.

Some simple minded no talent hack gave this a thumbs down. Typical of would be wannabe sculptors or 99% of art students who think daubing and driftwood arranging will automatically be art if there's any fairness in the world, and that art is basically a matter of dexterity and decorativeness. Never was, never will be.

For the thumbs down rater: Sculpt a phallic symbol where the sun doesn't shine - some talent may be needed but not necessarily artistic.

Answer 4

I'd think twice about trying to do a "double meaning" sculpture out of an object that most people won't recognize. We've all seen pictures taken through the telescope, but I don't recall ever seeing a picture of the telescope itself. If people didn't know what a pocketwatch looked like in the first place, Picasso's melted watches would have been a flop.

Answer 5

I am not an artist. But, I would like to share something with you about your subject. Edwin Powell Hubble wrote, "Equipped with his five senses, mankind explores the world around him and calls the adventure Science". Using glass to see the world more closely essentially all began with Galileo's spyglass. And, here's where we are today. . .here's a real photo we humans have recently taken with a mighty snazzy spyglass . . .of the beginning of the Universe:

http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/03/0217/

Answer 6

This isn't exactly what you mean, but a cool technique you might be able to incorporate; a wood artist I know makes pieces that look like one thing, then a related item when you turn the piece 90 degrees.

for instance, it might be a cowboy in silhouette when you look at it one way, then turn it and you see a pine tree or a cactus (also in silhouette).

So you might do the telescope from one direction, and Galileo from the other...

Answer 7

Claes Oldenburg is a phenomenal sculptor who takes ordinary objects and depicts them in monumental scale. His sculptures usually always have a double meaning... most often something political. His work might inspire you!

Answer 8

Dali did some sculpturing in the genre you're thinking of using.

Answer 9

art means whatever it means to who is looking at it. others may get something completely different than what you intended, anyway. It's like surrealism, which is my favorite genre. It can and does have multiple meanings, which is what makes it so fun. Sometimes the true meaning is not really obvious. just a matter of interpertation.

Answer 10

I see three meanings in sculptures , technique , beauty and statement. It is entirely up to the artist to elaborate. I am presently in my "lost wax" mode.