Title: Compulsion No. 1, 2008 (c)
Medium: silicone, glass eyes, human hair, silicone paints, drywall, paint, wood trim, electrical outlet and cover, photographs, picture frames, shirt, favorite tie.
Dimensions: 48â€w x 102â€h x 12â€d (as pictured)
About the Sculpture:
The sculpture is a self-portrait and the first photo-realistic sculpture I created. The sculpture was modeled in oil clay from photos. I then made a mold of the original sculpture. To create the final product, platinum silicone is cast into the mold, and the sculpture is then painted with silicone paints and glass eyes are added. Each hair is placed one at a time, in a painstaking effort to mimic reality.
About the Artist:
matthew j clark is an installation artist and sculptor.
My "projects," while utilizing humor, speak the language of conflict - a conflict between perception and reality, between seeing and believing, between thought and action. In this regard, my objects are "confrontational" distortions and exaggerations of ideas and their underlying assumptions which cannot easily be compartmentalized. They interrupt our everyday in a surreal but amusing way, encouraging us to ask, "Am I sure?"
Medium: silicone, glass eyes, human hair, silicone paints, drywall, paint, wood trim, electrical outlet and cover, photographs, picture frames, shirt, favorite tie.
Dimensions: 48â€w x 102â€h x 12â€d (as pictured)
About the Sculpture:
The sculpture is a self-portrait and the first photo-realistic sculpture I created. The sculpture was modeled in oil clay from photos. I then made a mold of the original sculpture. To create the final product, platinum silicone is cast into the mold, and the sculpture is then painted with silicone paints and glass eyes are added. Each hair is placed one at a time, in a painstaking effort to mimic reality.
About the Artist:
matthew j clark is an installation artist and sculptor.
My "projects," while utilizing humor, speak the language of conflict - a conflict between perception and reality, between seeing and believing, between thought and action. In this regard, my objects are "confrontational" distortions and exaggerations of ideas and their underlying assumptions which cannot easily be compartmentalized. They interrupt our everyday in a surreal but amusing way, encouraging us to ask, "Am I sure?"