Sculpture To Be Lost in the Forest
Sculpture To Be Lost in the Forest resembles a configuration of heavy objects: boulders, sacks, or figures on a bed. Rooted in Arp's lifelong fascination with the physiological processes of growth and death, the work's title strongly suggests some sort of landscape but evokes multiple associations that shift as one looks at the work. This is exactly how the artist wanted it. His forms are constantly in flux and morphing, sometimes toward and sometimes beyond recognition.
- Title
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Sculpture To Be Lost in the Forest
(Sculpture à être perdue dans la forêt) - Description
- In the 1920s and 1930s Arp developed a type of biomorphic sculpture that suggested a parallel between artistic creativity and creation in nature. The shapes in his work evoke worn pebbles, buds and other natural forms. He created these sculptures using a quasi-automatic process of sanding away at a plaster model until he was satisfied with the shape. ‘I work until enough of my life has flowed into its body’, he said. His efforts to link his work with nature included placing sculptures in the forest near his home at Meudon, where they could be discovered by unsuspecting passers-by.
- Subject
- Sculpture
- Creator
- Arp, Hans
- Date Created
- 1932, cast c.1953–8
- Medium
- bronze (metal)
- Extent
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3 1/2" × 8 5/8" × 6 1/4" (90 × 222 × 154cm)
2 1/8" × 4 3/4" × 4 (60 × 120 × 100cm)
2 1/2" × 2 1/8" × 3 5/8" (65 × 55 × 93cm) - Coverage
- Tate Modern (Gallery) Tate Modern :
- Rights
- © DACS, 2020
- Rights Holder
- Gift of Mary Sisler
- Identifier
- Bio_Sculpt004_JA_SculptureToBeLostintheForest
- Source
- Tate Modern
- Item sets
- The Biomorphism
- Media
