FORMĂ +/- FUNCȚIUNE
FORM +/- FUNCTION
A Spatial Inquiry into Per Kirkeby’s Architectural Sculptures
Author(s): Ana-Maria Vesa-DobreSubject(s): Cultural history, Architecture, Visual Arts
Published by: Editura Universitară “Ion Mincu”
Keywords: brick sculptures; layering; limit; void; architectural sculpture vs. sculptural architecture;
Summary/Abstract: Per Kirke by (1938-2018) was a multidisciplinary Danish artist, mostly acknowledged for his abstract- expressionist paintings, while his interest in spatial arts (sculpture, architecture, scenography) has been less researched. Initially trained as a geologist, he was influenced during his entire and varied artistic career by this specific perspective, as a leitmotif of sedimentation processes and superposition of layers. While his paintings reveal this concept in a straight-forward manner, his metaphorical brick sculptures unveil it in a more subtle way. Often called “architecture with out purpose”, Kirkeby’s brick sculptures are actually far more in-vested with spatial semantics that transcend the first layer of reading.
Journal: Argument
- Issue Year: 13/2021
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 193-202
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English, Romanian