The Hammer Museum, located on the corner of Wilshire and Westwood Blvd in Los Angeles, California stands as a concrete block. From the outside it looks nothing more than a large parking structure but the inside couldn't be more different. When you walk in through the main entrance, the first thing you see is a huge painting that spreads from the foot of the stairs all the way up to the high ceilings.
Heavy Lights, by Maya Hayuk spreads four walls, each measuring 186 x 292 inches. As a mural, her artwork contains many lines and geometric shapes all joining together like a woven cloth.
The uniqueness of Hayuk's piece is shown through the drippings of paint. The drippings can be seen as an example of carelessness that arises when an artist takes on an endeavor as large as a mural.
Hayuk's piece is relevant to the topics covered in our DESMA 9 class because of her usage of lines and symmetry. Her piece, in many ways, is deeply based on mathematics and geometry. The different lines Hayuk uses create various shapes that give here work visual depth.
Near Hayuk's piece was another interesting art project that wasn't a showing at all. A wooden table designed by Marmol Radziner was originally placed at the Hammer as a way for adults and children to create their own blocked sculptures. The table comes complete with multiple slots to hold the sculpture's base together and also has 4 drawers complete with block sets.
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The uniqueness of Hayuk's piece is shown through the drippings of paint. The drippings can be seen as an example of carelessness that arises when an artist takes on an endeavor as large as a mural.
Hayuk's piece is relevant to the topics covered in our DESMA 9 class because of her usage of lines and symmetry. Her piece, in many ways, is deeply based on mathematics and geometry. The different lines Hayuk uses create various shapes that give here work visual depth.
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Near Hayuk's piece was another interesting art project that wasn't a showing at all. A wooden table designed by Marmol Radziner was originally placed at the Hammer as a way for adults and children to create their own blocked sculptures. The table comes complete with multiple slots to hold the sculpture's base together and also has 4 drawers complete with block sets.
I would recommend a visit to the Hammer museum and I would highly recommend all visitors to try building a sculpture at the wooden table located in the museum lobby.
SOURCES
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Heavy Lights, 2012 (detail). Paint on walls. Four walls, each 186 x 292 in. (472 x 743 cm). Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands. Photography by 007.
<Figure 2>
Blocks. Marmol Radziner. <http://www.marmol-radziner.com/community/hammer-k.a.m.p>
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