Saturday, April 16, 2016

How To Appreciate Abstract Sculptures

By Peter Russell


People are visual by nature. Everyday they revel in the glorious pleasure of being able to freely express themselves, in any means possible, not just talking. People get creative in expressing their ideas, their thoughts, the ones that haunts them, and those that they think matters enough to be shared.

They are meant to be felt. So if looking at abstract sculptures New York, gives you a different kind of feeling, then revel in it. Do not question yourself when you cannot decipher what it is meant to look like. That kind of thing may come across as weird and you may feel inclined to give it automatic praise, but it should not.

If it does not feel right, or look right, that is okay. Embracing an art you do not understand just because the work is that of Picasso or someone famous can be easy. However, it should be an entirely different story when it comes to sculptures. You just do not get it, and you are afraid to finally admit it.

With the depth of a three dimensional space or surface, you would find it surreal, undeniably artistic and eye catching. Whether it is round or mounted on the wall, a sculpture like that serves as an ornamental focus within any space or building. They would add so much to the aesthetic value of any room.

Anyone who looks at it can give it any kind of interpretation and that is what makes it so interesting. In its mystery, it still encourages freedom of expression, freedom of meaning you would want to form out of it. And that kind of privilege, no matter how small, will just be so liberating.

It makes the artist escape reality in a different kind of way. So much so that he will be able to depict that in the form of imagery. This departure will serve as something complete, lacking or somehow biased, because of its total partiality to rules. It is boundless, and that is what makes people drawn to a sculpture, without them even knowing.

When you see it in the park, or a sculptor working on it, you will not be able to tell what is is supposed to be. Because that is just it, exactly. Created to be something undefinable, you still learn to somehow appreciate it. Or even feel something about what is in front of your eyes, without grasping what it should be.

If you come across a piece that does not awaken anything in you, that is okay. You will not be alone who would have the same kind of disposition in the crowd. There will be many others who will look at it and find something confusing, or awkward, even weird. But that is where its beauty lies.

In being mysterious, it gives out itself, piece by every amazing piece, allowing the spectator the freedom to give it meaning or none at all. There are many people in museums who really cannot understand a piece of something they are staring at. That does not mean it is devoid of aesthetic value.




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