Top 10 Contemporary Landscape Sculptures, Had to Know Masterpieces
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‘Top Ten’ Contemporary Landscape Sculptures
In the process of landscape design, each element, such as greenery, water features, vignette facilities, etc. are placed purposefully, and they can be used to define space, form visual focal points, rhythmic rhythms, and so on. Landscape sculpture has a long history of use in gardens, and it plays a big role in unifying space, forming visual points of interest, and integrating the architectural landscape. Today we will share the top 10 contemporary landscape sculptures.
0 1 Maman Author Introduction
Louise Bourgeois, a French-American artist known for her large-scale sculptures and installations, has explored a wide variety of themes over the course of her long career, including family life, sexuality and the body, as well as death and the unconscious, all of which are related to her childhood experiences, and which she considers to be a therapeutic process of creation.
0 2 Black Slide Mantra
Black Slide Mantra is a black marble slide in Odori Park, Sapporo, Japan, a curvilinear sculpture carved from a single block of stone, which transforms ordinary fun into an act of art. Not only is it a functional sculpture, but it is also part of the ‘playground landscape’, creating and enhancing the quality of the public space and bringing the site to life. As the author often says, ‘I like to imagine sculpture that treats the garden as a space.
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Samu Noguchi, who specialises in reinventing space through sculpture, was the first to combine sculpture and gardens, and is a pioneer of earth art. His concept of ‘Playscapes’ sublimates the functionality of sculpture, brings the viewer closer, and creates a hands-on experience for the participants, as well as fun for children and inspiration for adults to think.
0 3 Chicago’s Flamingo
Chicago’s Flamingo is a solid red giant sculpture located in Chicago’s Federal Government Centre Plaza. It is made of steel and glass, with diagonal and curved lines to show the form, and an open design that allows all visitors and spectators to walk under the sculpture. It is very brightly coloured to offset the dark steel office buildings nearby. Its large, ethereal form contrasts with the surrounding columnar modern architecture, but the linear form of the work is intrinsically linked to the straightness of the building, creating a vibrant ambience.
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Alexander Calder is a famous American sculptor and artist, the originator of dynamic sculpture. His abstract dynamic sculpture is the most creative sculpture of the 20th century in the United States, he regarded urban sculpture as a means to beautify the environment, with its unique innovative spirit to show a new type of abstract sculpture, so that urban residents in the heart of the metropolis to perceive the beauty and pleasure, but also to win the public’s recognition of the urban sculpture in the cityscape in the indispensable status of the city.
0 4 Descension
Descension was first exhibited in New York in May 2017 as the 40th anniversary exhibition of the Public Art Foundation, and designer Anish Kapoor’s most striking work, ‘Vortex’. Placed in Brooklyn Bridge Park, the artwork features a giant swirling funnel of special materials that contrasts sharply with the adjacent East River.
It is a large-scale outdoor sculptural work consisting of a rotating giant circular vortex that appears to collapse into a bottomless centre. The constant rotational movement of the water along the 8 metre diameter vortex represents the powerful physical form of being sucked into the earth. The artwork gives the viewer a fascinating sense of seeing permanent black water being pulled into the unknown, and based on the viewer’s own experience, they will have a different understanding of what the installation conveys. The Vortex creates a negative and dynamic space of descending ground, breaking down our familiar perceptions of boundaries. Located in the heart of a New York City park, Anish Kapoor’s installation is an extraordinary form of stimulating our perception of pure nature.
Author
Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors working today, specialising in strikingly poetic works in a range of materials including raw pigments, stone, stainless steel, synthetic polymers, resin and wax. Representative works include Cloud Gate.
0 5 In Cloud Light
In Cloud Light is made of stainless steel, relying on the breeze to provide power, forming different states at different moments, cycling back and forth, searching for elegant forms between beauty and ugliness, with a strong visual impact and sense of rhythm.
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Anthony Howe is committed to breaking away from the traditional flat and static character of sculpture. Using metal, his speciality, as the raw material, he designs corresponding animation effects through computer-aided software. In the design of modelling, the emphasis is on the sense of three-dimensional effect, so the modelling is mostly based on the combination of lines and surfaces, with the help of repetition and symmetry to shape the form.
0 6 1.8 @ Oxford Circus
1.8 are soft, giant mesh sculptures that were once between buildings over Oxford Circus, London’s busiest pedestrianised area. The floating form is made up of fibres that pulse with the wind and weather, creating undulating colours. At night, the sculpture comes to life under the coloured lights that are projected. This sculpture invites you to pause amidst the hustle and bustle, offering an opportunity to gaze skyward.
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Janet Echelman is skilled in the use of soft, linear materials to build forms. Colourful mesh structures build huge floating pieces in the air that change shape with the movement of the wind due to the solidity of the mesh and the relative lightness of the mass.
0 7 Ali and Nino
ALI AND NINO These are two sculptures located on the Black Sea Walk in Batumi. These two statues are from the novel of the same name, which tells the sad story of an Azerbaijani Muslim boy and a Georgian Christian girl who are torn apart by the Bolsheviks of the time. The 8 metre high steel statues move slowly, touch each other and then separate from each other. This romantic scene is endless and played out every day, it symbolises the attraction between a man and a woman in love and tells the story of what happened in the city.
0 8 Balloon Dog
Balloon Dog Balloon Dogs are colourful polished mirror sculptures with unique and childlike shapes, which have become icons of holidays, parties, birthdays, etc. due to their adorable appearance and bright colours, blue, magenta, yellow, red, orange, conveying a perfect combination of cuteness, strength and materials.
Author
Jeff Koons is a famous contemporary American Pop artist who mostly relates to consumerism while refusing to put hidden meanings in his work.
0 9 I am here
I am here is a landmark urban public art installation. By stitching together 3,000 to 4,000 triangles to form the image of a panda and using the panda’s own natural colours, it breaks down the barrier between the serious business world and people. The panda is here to announce its existence and thus make us think about our own existence.
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Born in the UK, raised in Australia and formerly of Denver, Colorado, USA, Lawrence Argent is a legendary contemporary artist whose art encompasses a breadth of forms, materials and places, and is represented by works such as I See what You Mean and Leap.
1 0 Diminish and Ascend
Diminish and Ascend is a 12-metre long aluminium staircase to heaven by Auckland-based New Zealand artist David McCracken, which has been exhibited in New Zealand and Australia. From certain angles, it looks like a never-ending staircase. It allows one to wander and imagine a surreal escape. Whilst it appears to be a long climb that could go beyond the earth’s atmosphere, it is in fact an optical illusion that gives way to endless imagination.
