This is a picture from the artist Steven Backman. It was created on October 29, 2005. This sculpture is made entirely of toothpicks. This sculpture, to me, is supposed to represent unity. The rubber band represents the unity and coming together of any and everything, whether it's humans or animals. But in this photo the rubber band is broken. A broken rubber band shows no signs of unity. Only a put together rubber band will show unity. This image makes me think about a lot of things. It makes me think of different cultures coming together and becoming one body. It makes me think of the ending of discrimination all around the world. But it also makes me think of the things that are broken and need to be fixed. I believe this image shows unity because it seems to fit all together. The yellow-gold stands out the most. And the black background, that get lighter as you go up the photo, brings out more of the image. Unity is very in design.
This image to me represents a complete break in unity. A rubber band made of toothpicks, or a real one with the elasticity of toothpicks, would be quite brittle showing the delicate balance it takes to maintain unity between any two groups of people, animals, or nature combining. The fact that the brittle rubber-band is broken makes it seem that complete balance and really never be achieved or at least very difficult to. This is quite the thought provoking image. Nice choice.
ReplyDeleteThis photo shows both repetition and proximity. It shows repetition because the artist used one item and consistently put them together, repeating the same method many times to create one thing. Then there is the use of proximity because although the toothpics are touching you have to look closely and see that the very tip (the pointy part) is not touching, creating a sense of space in this photo.
ReplyDeleteThis image has unity presented by so much repetition. The repetition of combining hundreds of toothpicks on this project ended forming a sculpture. Continuity is involved here a lot. Even though the person who started this sculpture didn't finish it, because of continuity we can actually mentally finish it ourselves. I see continuity, repetition and a constant pattern causing unity in this sculpture. -Ivan-
ReplyDeleteI like this peice, the way it expresses unity is very unique. It seems as if this sculpture has alot of meaning behind it. Very nice choice!
ReplyDeleteI think that repetition is definitely the most obvious aspect of unity in the piece. While the toothpicks all share the same dimensions, the subtle changes in the shade of the wood they are made from creates a subtle variation which keeps the sculpture from becoming monotonous. Additionally, the shapes of both sides of the sculpture are nearly identical, if on a different scale, introducing more repetition.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really cool sculpture. I love the idea of comparing the toothpicks to the elasticity of a rubber band. I also think this image is a good use of closure. In my mind I see the rubber band closing.
ReplyDeleteThis sculpture has unity due to the repetitive use of a like item throughout. The piece itself is supposed to depict the unity of mother and child. you also have closure because if you look a the piece as a whole it forms a womans torso. Great piece to express unity i quess thats why the artist gave it that name.
ReplyDeletethis is a wonderful image or sculpture of unity. not just because it all is connect as one. but because it is the shape of a U that stand for unity this just a great example of unity.
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