Grade 11/12 Art - Day 50 "Wire Sculpture"

Sculpture by Ian Lovatt

The use of wire to create sculptures is a largely recent movement.  By recent, I mean the 20th century.  Pioneers of this movement took contour line drawings from the 2D plane of a sketchbook to the 3D world of infinite space.

There are a few famous names I would like to discuss:

Alexander Calder

Calder was a major innovator in the use of wire for sculpture.  Let's visit his web site to view a photo-biography of his life and work.

http://www.calder.org/life/photobiography

A further analysis of wire sculptors can be found here:

http://infomory.com/famous/famous-wire-sculpture-artists/