Art Citique

"Quantum Cloud XXXIII" by Antony Gormley, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado. It is a man standing with his arms stretched towards the sky. The entire thing is made up of square stainless steel pieces that branch out from the original shape. A body is made out with a higher concentration of pieces, with this amount decreasing as you move away from the main outline of a man. My first impression was "What is that big wiry thing doing there? It looks kind of out of place"

The author seemed to know what he was doing when using the metal pieces that create a sort of transparent feel. I think that's what prompted my initial impression. He uses only one color which makes it feel calm with the arrangement of the iron bars making it feel chaotic. He kept the materials very simple: Stainless Steel, and lots of it. Simplicity is always good.

I feel like in the art, you see a man that seems to be one with the air around him, only he is a higher concentration. It's like another view of reality. A man is walking along and all of the smaller pieces is matter he is passing through. Imagine everyone walking around with a slight outline that looked something like this. It would be like seeing all of the electromagnetic spectrum. It shows the relation between our bodies and the world we live in.

Now that I've had time, I realize my first impression is much different then what I think now. At first sight, I just saw a bunch of bars. After critiquing the art, I feel that it goes much deeper than a simple arrangement of stainless steel bars. It's really an interesting view of an alternate reality that we as human beings, can not see.