Marcel Duchamp – ready made become sculpture

Cubist Sculpture – Abstract and broken down to the simplest form of the human figure

Giacometti, Lipschitz, & Picasso

Old newspapers become abstracted into this Figure

Joseph Cornell – made dioramas that were “assemblage” out of “found objects”

Other “found object” sculpture….

Assemblage Sculpture

Objectives for Sculpture

• The students will construct a sculpture based on “Recycled Art” film that is derived from art that serves as a function.

• Students will be given a limited amount of supplies to work with, and can bring objects from home.

• The sculpture will have elements of assemblage and found objects added for embellishment and detail

• The art can serve as functional, or non functional, but be transformed into a unique work of art ,which has many elements from the Principles of Design such as rhythm, pattern, color, positive negative space, symmetry, asymmetry, .

Grading Rubric for Sculpture/20 pts. The sculpture will have at least 4 geometric

&/or organic shapes made from the boards/20 pts. The sculpture will have a limit of 5 colors

including assemblage and collage./20 pts. The sculpture will be organized in a manner

that it slightly resembles the intended image it is meant to represent.

/30 pts. The sculpture is uniquely & cleanly crafted. It shows superior knowledge of manipulation of positive/negative and creative use space. The assemblage is neither too much or little but in perfect balance with form.