Chatsworth Sculpture exhibition

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Jaume Plensa was the main focus of YSA with a lot of his work being on exhibition. Most of his work was based around human form and quotations, every example of his figures either included a quote or was made up of  mass of type. "a single letter on its own can be miss leading and suggestive, a group or body of letters forms a word and a body of words creates a statement." Plensa's work is intertwined with this statement , with alot of his work being broken down to simplistic forms. these forms mainly consist of human figures, differentiating in scale, media and transparency, but almost always seem to be in the fetal position. this gives the impression of fear or protection for the figures that are portrayed. the utilisation of stance to portray an emotive is common throughout the sculptures seen at YSP, e.g. the running man, and Plensa's hear no evil , speak no evil, see no evil exhibit.
another similarity seen here at YSP was interactivity with the static sculptures. this could been seen in Plensa's work with the gongs , allowing the viewer to create a sound and feel a response , and in the totems seen around the park , allowing the viewer to see through the sculpures from the sculptures perspective. this helps the viewer become more involved in the piece and gain a greater understanding of the sculptors idea/ emotive behind the sculpture.
also the ability to see through the sculptures, the use of transparency, was common within this exhibit. most commonly seen in Plensa's work which gives a delicate feel to the large scale sculptures. this can be seen throughout the sculptures in the park, not just in the works by plensa. this ability to transpire , or see through an object portrays the ideas of ghosts, vulnerability and truth to me and this links with the feelings of fear and security that i find linked with the fetal position used by plensa in all of his human form sculptures.