Researching Neo-Concretism

http://www.55bienalveneza.org.br/#

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/o/obriene/art111/readings/InSearchoftheBody.pdf

Mira Schendel at the Tate Modern

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/mira-schendel

Body as Subject and Object in Non-Figurative Art

JOHNS, Jasper
Target with Plaster Casts

Encaustic and collage on canvas with objects, 1955

The Neo-Concretists:  Lygia Pape

Light as a tool for excavation: Creation through the act of removal

Interference. Light. Shape. Shadow. Window. Photograph. Line.

A unique human map

A uniquely human object in it's pointlessness.  

Creation for the sake of creativity. 

A map of the movement of a human hand according to predetermined and recorded patterns. 

What will I do with you next?

 

A multitude of legs...

 

Spreading their industry across the world...

The initial inspiration for this shape came from a visit to the Albert Hall, for a special screening of Singing in the Rain accompanied by a live orchestra. There is one scene which stood out for me as a singular, incongruous shot in contrast to the rest of the film. A line of disembodied legs, adorned with high heels dancing the Can Can, lit up against a glittering lime green background. 

'A Map of the Open Country of a Woman's Heart'. Map created by D. W. Kellogg circa 1833-1842