Involved serval genres and medias. Including the post-impressionist, expressionist, cubism, modernism, constructivism, Surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography, and what came to be known as installation art. In terms of his work, I hold Schwitters work in high admiration because of its minimalist and abstract nature. Despite being an abstract piece the message of the piece isn't lost in its sculptural translation.
The subject matter of the piece below is motherhood, and I presume that the subject matter has been selected as a concept of interest, rather than a statement of Schwitters social, ethical or moral concerns. Schwitters has interpreted the topic in an abstract-minimalist fashion. I believe that in this sculpture, uses symbolism and has hidden meanings within the sculptures content.
Schwitters was suggesting implications that motherhood itself, is an abstract concept. The primary symbolism associated with the phrase "motherhood" would be an egg cradled in the palm of the mother-implying that this is a new life is in her hands and consequently she is in control and responsible for such.
The sculpture has been arranged on a pedestal and favours a position, that is towards the left hand side. Schwitters has selected a mixture of a primary and contrasting colour scheme. The contrast between the black pedestal and the yellow of the sculpture is an effective clash of hues. I feel that the black and red in this piece are the most dominantly significant. This piece has a combination of curved and straight angular lines.
As this is a piece without a summary on the Tate website and the caption merely states that it is a "Mixed Media" there is very little background, in terms of the materials, process and tools applied, that one can gather. Anything I can suggest in terms of the process involved, is all hypothetical with no evidence to back such up. One presumes that artist would have began with a design, developed those designs into maquettes, and from this, produced a skeleton like frame for the piece, and proceeded to construct around it.
When observing this work, one contemplates a sense of gratitude, for the process motherhood. The sculpture feels quiet and balanced. There is a quiet maternal feels about this sculpture, the aura of a maternal and responsible nature, echoes off the sculpture, but doesn't present itself directly, in a graphic form of a uncomfortable nature. I would like to presume that this sculpture-would also be suitable for the sort of person that was attempting to conceive children.
The subject matter of the piece below is motherhood, and I presume that the subject matter has been selected as a concept of interest, rather than a statement of Schwitters social, ethical or moral concerns. Schwitters has interpreted the topic in an abstract-minimalist fashion. I believe that in this sculpture, uses symbolism and has hidden meanings within the sculptures content.
Schwitters was suggesting implications that motherhood itself, is an abstract concept. The primary symbolism associated with the phrase "motherhood" would be an egg cradled in the palm of the mother-implying that this is a new life is in her hands and consequently she is in control and responsible for such.
The sculpture has been arranged on a pedestal and favours a position, that is towards the left hand side. Schwitters has selected a mixture of a primary and contrasting colour scheme. The contrast between the black pedestal and the yellow of the sculpture is an effective clash of hues. I feel that the black and red in this piece are the most dominantly significant. This piece has a combination of curved and straight angular lines.
As this is a piece without a summary on the Tate website and the caption merely states that it is a "Mixed Media" there is very little background, in terms of the materials, process and tools applied, that one can gather. Anything I can suggest in terms of the process involved, is all hypothetical with no evidence to back such up. One presumes that artist would have began with a design, developed those designs into maquettes, and from this, produced a skeleton like frame for the piece, and proceeded to construct around it.
When observing this work, one contemplates a sense of gratitude, for the process motherhood. The sculpture feels quiet and balanced. There is a quiet maternal feels about this sculpture, the aura of a maternal and responsible nature, echoes off the sculpture, but doesn't present itself directly, in a graphic form of a uncomfortable nature. I would like to presume that this sculpture-would also be suitable for the sort of person that was attempting to conceive children.
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| Mother & Egg, 1945-7, Mixed Media |
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