On Saturday 2nd of April, I visited the Yorkshire
Sculpture Park to collect primary research through taking photographs of a
variety of different artwork and landscapes. Also, whilst visiting the gallery I
focused on analysing one piece of artwork in detail which was “Ai Weiwei Iron
Tree 2013”. This piece of artwork related to my project as I believe it
represented a strong “Structure” from the information behind the piece but also
relating back to my theme “structure of nature”. I decided to focus on taking
photographs of landscapes as I wanted to analyse how landscapes are built up
through a variety of different elements. This included pieces of art, trees and
architecture which I found interesting to collect. Throughout my visit I took a
variety of photos through different aspects of the gallery which included the church,
greenhouse and woodland area. My favourite area of the sculpture park was the
greenhouse as I enjoyed exploring all the variety of different plants and architecture
within the environment. I also liked how all of the plants were overgrown which
built up a secret garden theme and suited the old architecture and structure of
the building. I believe that I will take this idea further into my project and
develop my interpretation of the area to my theme “structure of nature”. Also
whilst visiting the gallery, I focused on taking close up photographs of trees
which were built up within a variety of “structures”. This included the
textures of trees and roots which I am going to develop further into my project
as I found them interesting to observe and I believe they are useful for my
project theme.
Ai WeiWei “Iron Tree 2013
The piece is an iron tree that is made up of 97 iron cast
elements which are joined together through the Chinese method of joining nuts
and screws together. The piece will rust overtime which represents the “cycle
of nature”. I found these piece interesting as Ai Weiwei has observed the structure
of trees and developed the idea in order to fit the traditional method of
joining nuts and irons together. When the piece was observed at different
angles, you could see all the unique, structures and textures that builds all of
the elements together to create one piece which relates back to my primary
research of trees which were taken earlier from my visit. I found his choice of
material interesting as I believe that all the nuts and screws that hold the
piece together represent the knots in trees and branches. Also, I found his
choice of material interesting as “iron” rusts over a long period of time which
I believe it relates to the “structure of nature” as plants and trees change
over the years and slowly fall apart through the environment. I liked how Ai Weiwei
has captured this element of the “structure of nature” through his work and I can’t
wait to visit the Yorkshire Sculpture Park again to observe his piece in the
future. Ai Weiwei “Iron Tree 2013” combines the ideas of nature and
manufacturing together to create a strong piece that will rust and fall apart
over time. To capture the piece through the stages of the artwork rusting and
falling apart, it will be photograph to preserve the different stages and
points through the years to come.
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| "Iron Tree" captured at different perspectives. |
The other photographs of my visit are presented below.
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