Saturday, May 7, 2011

Tim Noble & Sue Webster

Tim and Sue are very good at what they do. They take something that people interact with everyday. Their work shows how complex shadows and light can be. I don't think they are trying to make a statement through their work, but if I had to search for one it would be that we shouldn't take things for granted. Even the light that we use every day is given to us.

Tim Noble & Sue Webster, 2008

This piece is really remarkable. What i find really cool is that they took simple blocks that small children would use to play with and made something that most people can't make with the best of tools. I also think that the way they showed the human figure to such a believable standard using straight lines rather than a curved and fluid form that more closely represents the human figure. 

Tim Noble & Sue Webster, 2008

This piece has so much personality. Not only does it take something else we take for granted and make it more significant, the luxury of paper, but it also shows individual characters in each piece. you almost get a sense that the faces are going to turn around and start talking to one another. I'd also like to point out the variation of color which further separates the faces into groups. This brings me to the possibility that the message of this piece is different from the rest in that it shows a variety of facial structures and a variety of colors but they are being separated by the space in between them. They sort of cling to their individual identities which makes the piece more about making a statement on society and how we draw lines instead of erasing them. 


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