Sculptor
Sarah Sze sculptures are flowing microcosm of common materials. Made up of primarily tooth picks, popsicle sticks, matches…, being bound together with glues and basic fasteners. Many of her works transcend spaces, across the wall and then through an adjoining wall into the next room. Her work has an air of disarray but upon closer examination there is great care made in ever move. Small pumps to keep the plants watered, precise cantilevering of material so she is able to have a twenty foot tower of matchsticks, all of this is intentional. She sees as the whole work as a canvas with great concern to detail color and aesthetic form. It is far removed from a scattering of rubbish but a well-orchestrated symphony.
www.sarahsze.com
2 comments:
I see very little about the fact that she is creating like a child. not in the sense of being young but in the sense of playfulness. her work speaks to the child in use with the primary colors and the mishmash of assemblage. Sze creates a wonderland that the imagination take hold of and runs with. I often see my buckets of leggos spread out on the floor, all of the colors and textures are almost a sensory overload.
I am drawn to the lights she uses in her structures. They become little universes unto themselves with the self contained light acting as a center point, much like the sun. The shadows created from the lamps also adds depth to the already sprawling worlds she constructs.
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