Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Lucy and Jorge Orta
What materials is their work made out
of?
Their sculpture work is created using materials such as aluminium and Bronze on
their Ubelka piece and then painted using epoxy paint and enamel on their
Ubelka piece again. For some of their sculpture art they use found recyclable
objects such as plastic bottles, an example of this are their clouds pieces.
What is the scale of their work?
Their sculpture pieces are usually created on a large scale, their Spirits of
Huveaune pieces are around 200cm to 250cm high and their other sculpture pieces
are usually scaled around the same dimensions
In what context do they display their
work?
Their work is displayed both indoors and outdoors. Their spirit pieces are permanently
placed at the sculpture park to interact with the surroundings like the
sculpture placed in the lake for example as it provides the right setting for
the piece. Some of their other pieces such as their clouds are placed in
exhibitions to be viewed with other pieces of art.
What are they inspired by / what
influences their work?
Their pieces are largely influenced by social situations and ecological issues.
They focus their work on tackling problems in the world and they travel to
regions of the world stricken with issues to draw influence into their work.
What are the main ideas / concepts
behind their work?
Some of the common themes I have seen in their work are elements of fantasy and
myth gathered from their Spirit pieces and their clouds containing concepts of
magic carpets. They combine these ideas with the world issues and the things
they have seen and gathered from those issues.
Josephsohn
What materials is their work made out
of?
Josephsohn’s sculptures are created using plaster and bronze
What is the scale of their work?
Josephsohn’s scales
of sculpture range, his half figures are very large pieces up to 80cm high
whereas his smaller sculptures are around 20 cm high.
In what context do they display their
work?
Josephsohn mainly
displays his work in indoor exhibitions however at the sculpture park, his work
is displayed out in the gardens as due to the texture it fits in like a natural
form.
What are they inspired by / what
influences their work?
His sculptures are inspired
by particular people or features from portraits
What are the main ideas / concepts
behind their work?
Josephson’s style is
focused on capturing intimacy, experience and presence of the human form
through sculpture.