you are right, he used the model that he liked to do his modeling for
him
You could have done that yourself. His soul reflected his money more
than
his choice. 3d laser scanning is very expensive. IT has become the
accepted
aesthetic choice of the talentless rich.
mando
On Dec 31, 2008, at 6:27 AM, Chris Miller wrote:
I've stumbled across this of a Graham sculpture several time
while surfing
:
http://www.ilovefiguresculpture.com/masters/21century/
robertgraham1.jpg
... and each time, I've been curious to see more -- and then been
thoroughly
disappointed.
But about three weeks ago -- it happened again -- and I finally
decided to add
him to my list -- because -- because he does continue to arouse my
curiosity.
The American figure sculpture tradition has taken a real beating
over the past
50 years -- a period that coincided exactly with his career -
and he stuck
it out -- jumping on no bandwagons other than his own. He even
took a shot at
liturgical sculpture -- and what could be more peripheral to the
mainstream
art world?
Is his work " made entirely by hocus-pocus 3D Laser scanning of
"real"
subjects" ?
I think Mando is dead wrong about that.
Perhaps, like Bermini and Jeff Koons , he did hire other people to
do his
modeling -- I don't know -- but did he hire them to do the figure
drawings on
his website, too ?
I feel that he is trying to make figures that are healthy, idealistic,
beautiful, celebratory. (perhaps this is what Michael meant by
"straightforward"?)
My problem with him is that his work feels klutzy -- awkward -- ie.
--- he
just does not have a good feel for sculptural design.
For me -- he comes across as a mediocre lounge singer --- where the
songs are
great, but the performance isn't.
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