Art21 Contemporary Sculpture Assignment

For this assignment I watch videos on Marela Zacarias, Kara Walker, and Sarah Sze. Off the bat, I really like all of these artists’ works because they are very personal to them and are in some way a reflection of how they view themselves, their history, and the world around them. What I really liked about Marela Zacarias’s work was that it included both the organic form in the shape of the sculpture itself and geometric shapes painted on. I would find such tedious painting in tight crevices very frustrating but she makes it look beautiful and effortless. Kara Walker’s work was very powerful because a lot of it has to do with taking back her identity as a black woman and black history in the United States. What I found super interesting was that she made sugar sculptures in an old sugar factory that would melt over time and be demolished with the building at the end of the show. Out of the three, Sarah Sze’s work was my least favorite because it seemed more like putting objects together in an organized chaos rather than creating something original but it was still super fascinating to hear about how she views the world.