Bloopdy wooden grid sculpture looks neat

Artist Cha Jong Rye "focuses on the dialectical relationship between wood and land, material and nature on the surface of her sculptures. There is a sense of poise and connectedness within the allotted spaces of these forms. Each component of the whole is masterfully carved to create part of a larger modular work reminiscent of an elaborate puzzle or topographical contour map." Notes about the artist [Hada Contemporary via Illusion 360]

• [TEKNA2007]

  That could be an interesting project for a 3-D printer. Start with USGS/Google Maps coordinates of your choice, apply algorithm for suitable bloopdiness and gridification, add raw 3-D print medium as required .. et voila! (Some assembly required.)

• [Anonymous]

  Having started a masters in architecture I can tell you…its all true. You get yelled at if you say, Umm I made it because it looks cool? But if you say something along the lines of,

  “The sculpture represents a heterogeneous reply to the didactic psychosomatic aspect of societal roles in a paternalistic organization run by maternal influences. Only by following the paradigm shift of the modern rapid fabrication processes from crafters to makers can one truly understand the obfuscation of its clandestine altitudes.”

  Would probably get an A…..I’ve thought about trolling the department in the near future.

• [cleek]

  i’m having a hard time deciding: is art-speak more pretentious than business-speak ?

• [Deidzoeb]

  The interesting rhythmic changes of the piece seem to counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor of the humanity of the artist’s compassionate soul, which contrives through the dialectical relationship between wood and land, to sublimate this, transcend that, and come to terms with the fundamental dichotomies of the other, and one is left with a profound and vivid insight into … into … er … whatever it was the sculpture was about!
  - to paraphrase Ford and Arthur from the Hitchhiker’s Guide

  In a university art appreciation class, I learned to say “it’s a celebration of light and form and color and the body human” which can apply to almost any visual or physical art. I’ll have to work in “dialectical relationships” from now on.

• [jon_anon]

  Subtitles for the artist’s blurb, à la Charlotte Young from BoingBoing this weekend:
  “I make stuff out of wood, that looks like hills. I try to make it look good. I do the little bits separately by hand, then put them all together.”
  (I’m not knocking the art, which is gorgeous – just the artist’s statement)

• [greenglyph]

  @cleek: Yes, but it’s also more interesting.

• [bfarn]

  It also seems to explore the dialectical relationship between wood and matzo.

• [redsquares]

  The sculpture describes and clarifies the artist’s statement. The illusion of dualism as caused by the ‘irrelativity’ of perception is analogous to Wittgenstein’s observation when asked why it is “…natural for men to assume that the sun went around the earth rather than the earth was rotating?”

  Seriously, I think we’re all just realizing that art is indeed meaningless, provided the viewer is a vacuous individual requiring external verification to derive pleasure from anything.

  There’d be no need for such BS if people didn’t demand an explanation for it’s meaningfulness as a reason for (or worse yet, in place of) it’s social and monetary value. Try telling it’s a ‘pretty cool wood sculpture, fun to look at’ to a curator or an art collector and expect to make free glassy ‘web 2.0′ icons for free for the next 15 years.

  I wish I had forged a counterfeit art degree 2 years early.

• [TEKNA2007]

  > (I’m not knocking the art, which is gorgeous – just the artist’s statement)

  That’s my reaction too .. it’s very nice to look at, very interesting shapes, would love to watch rays from setting sun angle across it. Would not be thinking about dialectics at that time.

• [redsquares]

  The sculpture describes and clarifies the artist’s statement. The illusion of dualism as caused by the ‘irrelativity’ of perception is analogous to Wittgenstein’s observation when asked why it is “…natural for men to assume that the sun went around the earth rather than the earth was rotating?”

  Seriously, I think we’re all just realizing that art is indeed meaningless, provided the viewer is a vacuous individual requiring external verification to derive pleasure from anything.

  There’d be no need for such BS if people didn’t demand an explanation for it’s meaningfulness as a reason for (or worse yet, in place of) it’s social and monetary value. Try telling it’s a ‘pretty cool wood sculpture, fun to look at’ to a curator or an art collector and expect to make free glassy ‘web 2.0′ icons for free for the next 15 years.

  I wish I had forged a counterfeit art degree 2 years early.

• [Daemon]

  I have to resist the urge to break out into laughter whenever I read something like the entire block of text inside the quotes.

  Mostly because I’ve known quite a few artists, and the majority of them write whatever sounds “artsy” and remotely resembles something they think non-artists will buy.

  Most art critics do exactly the same thing, only without actually making any art.