Giacometti

Wire and plaster

figure sculpture

 

Alberto Giacometti

 

Giacometti was a popular Swiss artist and sculptor. He is best known for is sculptures of the human form, stretched out with elongated limbs. It is often said Giacometti was not trying to portray actual human figure but the shadows we cast when we are in motion.

Goals

Students will

create an abstract sculpture of a figure in motion that emphasizes the

gesture of a human form in action.

 

Vocabulary:

center of gravity,armature,plaster,gesture,texture