By looking at Ricky Swallow’s artwork I can see that the art form is modern sculpture. The subject matter is a scull inside leather sofa. Most of the lines which dominate in the artwork are curly lines. The shapes dominate in the artworkare mostly organic, with curvy, naturalistic shapes. The major colors are natural creamy and beige.
The main materials which he used for his artwork (sculpture) includes , PVC, plaster for the skull and and leather “sofa”. I can assume that maybe he made a cast from a real human skull, and than reproduced using a plaster as a main material, than it was painted and than polished to give him realistic finish to match the real bones colour. There is also a possibility that the skull was made from the elephant bones or some kind of plastic. I personally think that Swallow did not use a real human skull in his artwork.
The sofa is made from leather and probably stuffed with some soft filler, this kind of sofas we can see in a many furniture shops, but they usually got fabric finish, so I suppose that this sofa was specially made for this particular sculpture. Because I think it is not enough to just bring one from the shop and create an artwork. The artist needs to put his own interpretation into they work, that how it becomes an artwork, otherwise it will be just part of design or decoration.
The main materials which he used for his artwork (sculpture) includes , PVC, plaster for the skull and and leather “sofa”. I can assume that maybe he made a cast from a real human skull, and than reproduced using a plaster as a main material, than it was painted and than polished to give him realistic finish to match the real bones colour. There is also a possibility that the skull was made from the elephant bones or some kind of plastic. I personally think that Swallow did not use a real human skull in his artwork.
The sofa is made from leather and probably stuffed with some soft filler, this kind of sofas we can see in a many furniture shops, but they usually got fabric finish, so I suppose that this sofa was specially made for this particular sculpture. Because I think it is not enough to just bring one from the shop and create an artwork. The artist needs to put his own interpretation into they work, that how it becomes an artwork, otherwise it will be just part of design or decoration.
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