Nails are commonly used as a tool to lock a
material such as wood in a building. In shape, the nail is interesting for me
to be explored as an artistic medium. But I always think to use it in small
amounts, because of its solidity and may be difficult to be processed. But this
one British Sculptor, Marcus Levine uses nails as the media, hundreds or even thousands
of nails rather, to create works of applied art, in the form of figurative
sculpture that enact a physical Pointillism. Each composed of thousands of
nails hammered into wood panels. All works are completed freehand without any
sketches or tracing onto the boards.
It's certainly not an easy process to create
figurative work without sketches or tracing, especially if you see the size of
the works made mostly on a large scale. I do not doubt the value and beauty of
this work, but at a glance if you look at the work from a distance, I think
this work may be seen less bold, perhaps because of the size of the nails used
are not too large, Applying this work really should be adjusted to the
surrounding area, layout, lighting, color dominance around, and so forth, so this work would appear to be 'outstanding'.
Interview and video coverage by BBC's look north program includes footage of Levine at work in his studio
(via www.designboom.com)
Levine tours his exhibition at London's 'Air Gallery', depicting additional nail works
(via www.designboom.com)
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