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| THEMES: PLAYING WITH
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| Comparing
the works of Peter W. Michel with
more revered works from great
artists of the past and present |
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"Lost
Horizon" 2008 Antony Gormley
cast iron, 32 elements, 189 x 53 x 29 cm
Installation view White Cube Mason's Yard, London, England.
photo by Stephen White, London from www.antonygormley.com
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"Frame of Reference" ©
1989 painted paper wall sculpture 17.2" x 17.2" x
4"
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| "Sun Transformation Mask" from
"Listening To
Our Ancestors - The Art of Native Life Along The North Pacific Coast"
shown at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian 2006 in
Washington, DC. |
"Mindfolk" ©
1995 painted wood sculpture
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"What's That Voice I Hear?"
© 2006 painted steel pipe
sculpture.
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"The Great Buddha"
Kamakura, Japan
photo © 1992 by Peter W.
Michel - note modular units in the hair. |
"Permanent Wave" ©
1985 wood sculpture
using drawer pulls as a modular element for the hair and eyes. |
"Permanent Wave" Side
view
(from my Playing with
Modules web page) |
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| "Stepped Pyramid" Chitzen Itza, Mexico |
"Stepped Portal" © 1983 painted wood festival sculpture
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| "Family" Gustav Vigeland Frogner Park Oslo, Norway |
"Family Structures" © 1992 wood table top sculpture
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"You're My Chair, I'm Yours" Shigero Fukuda Sapporo Art Park, Sapporo, Japan
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"Support Circle Rainbow" ©
2006 painted wood wall sculpture
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| Rose Window Amiens Cathedral, Amiens, France |
"Love Circles" © 1986 painted wood sculpture
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| "Makah Model Canoe and Figures" from
"Listening
To Our Ancestors - The Art of Native Life Along The North Pacific
Coast" shown at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American
Indian 2006 in Washingtonton, DC. |
"We're All In The Same Boat" ©
2005 painted wood sculpture doodle/study - a rearrangement of
the parts for "Folk
Circle Mandala"
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"Boys Running" Gustav Vigeland Frogner Park, Oslo, Norway
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"Fathers and Sons" detail
© 1999 painted aluminum sculputre shown at Pier Walk '99 on Chicago's Navy Pier
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| Japanese Spirit Catcher Temple at Nikko, Japan |
"Stpped Portal" © 1983 painted wood festival sculpture
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| For other examples of
playing with modules see: "Camouflage"
and Themes:
Perceptions |
