Comparative study of figurative statues of Evan Penny and Ron Mueck

Abstract

Throughout the history of art, human has been a creature that always has created and has been created. How human body is viewed in different periods carries an especial concept. By assessing the history of art and artworks, it can be understood that human body is presented and taken into account by artists in different ways. Comparing the artworks of one period clarifies the hidden features in the works and diversity of views of artists to one single subject. Meanwhile, though there is diversity in different artistic expressions, commonalities and similarities can be seen among artworks.The present research is a comparative study of figurative statues of two contemporary sculptors i.e., Evan Penny and Ron Mueck. by using the subject of human body with a new vision, these two artists expand meaning that is the concern of the modern art in their works. The present study aims at finding out the methods and indicators that the two artists used to create their figurative works and the similarities and differences in the method of them. In this study along with introducing these two artists, their sculpture indicators and thesimilarities and differences in their method of working are studied and compared. At the end, it seems that in order to achieve the intended meaning, both artists created their works by omitting, adding and changing the identified features for the viewer.

Keywords

• contemporary art
• figurative statues
• evan penny
• ron mueck
• comparative study