Peter A: Sculpture is art in three dimensions. A sculpture occupies a
space and the viewer interacts with it. The interaction will be a mixture of:
·
Gut reactions: I love it, I hate it, it is
beautiful, it moves me, it is transcendental.
·
Cerebral reactions: it tells a story, it makes a
point, it illustrates a concept.
·
Craft reaction: how is it made, is it what the
artist intended?
A successful sculpture appeals to the viewer at all levels.
My background is in computing, science and mathematics with
a continuous interest in the visual arts, especially sculpture. It has become
clear to me that much of our aesthetic reactions can be related to mathematical
and scientific concepts such as harmonics, ratios e.g. the golden mean, self-similarity
and transformations. My art takes these concepts as a starting point and then I
use my craftsmanship and artist's eye to create abstract sculpture.
I believe that some of the positive gut reaction to my work
is related to the subconscious understanding of the concepts. If the viewer
wishes they can explore the concepts and my art gives them clues, including the
titles, but in some cases a separate explanation may be needed.
Recently I have been exploring harmonics, knot theory and
self similarity.
Areas that I am considering for future work include chaos
theory, polarisation and the Fibonnaci series.
