Reiner Goebel wrote:
Rob Kempinski wrote:
Sculpture doesn?t have to be limited to something with an outside only. Consider some of the work on these sites.
Interesting, but just more complex outsides.?
To me complexity of the surface does not include or exclude whether something is a sculpture. The surface of a solid sphere on a microscopic level has tremendous complexity. It will not be long before sculpture based on fractal mathematics will entail surface structure equal to or more complex than an organic form. (BTW, about 15 years ago I designed a lunar base using the concept of Fractal Architecture TM to provide infinite variety in both surface texture and internal design via a repetition of form but with changing scale.) A bonsai tree can be thought of as a living sculpture with a more organic reticulated surface.
Reiner Goebel wrote:
What change do they undergo in the seasons? What did they look like ten years ago? What will they look like ten years hence?
According to the laws of thermodynamics, the entropy of all systems is increasing. Therefore everything changes, it is only the rate that varies. Some sculpture is designed to remain fairly static over the course of decade or so. But stone erodes, metal oxides, and wood decays. Some artists take advantage of these traits to design sculpture that does change - for instance, Bruce Chaban has equated 'the biodegradable nature of mild steel, which oxidizes, decays, and turns to dust, with human mortality.' Many other artists have taken a similar approach. That trees change over the course of a day or month or season gives them an interesting aspect of their sculptural nature and makes them different yet similar with other sculpture.