I love the way Augusto Esquivel used composition as his method of execution via sewing buttons to create the sculpture mimicking floating balloons. It makes me feel happy because it brings back the elated feelings balloons always brought me as a child but with the added new appreciation of the time it took to create such a piece as well as the creativity on the artists part to think up such an awesome creation.The artist says, “I am often obsessed with comparisons of reality and potential and the balance between them, in art: the idea of chaos in perfect order: an object seemingly solid to the eye can also be fragile and inconsistent to the touch; a common object used to create a piece of art becomes transformed into something complicated and intriguing.” I believe he did a great job of expressing himself because this is exactly what I got from the piece as well.
loved it. "an object seemingly solid to the eye can also be fragile and inconsistent to the touch" exactly. just like human beings are... sometimes we think someone has it all together but when we actually get to know them in an intimate level we realize they are just as insecure as we are.. fragile, confused. This sculpture shows me the contradiction and the beauty of the human being.
ReplyDeleteThis is fascinating! I like the way the buttons are so precisely suspended, its lovely, I actually thought at first when I clicked onto the picture that they were tiny balloons made into larger ones, but this was quite creative. I enjoy art that is "outside of the box" it makes it so much more meaningful to appreciate. I am sure that he took much time to create this as well. And it too, makes me happy ;)
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