Yorkshire Sculpture Park

When visiting the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the sculptures that i found the most interesting were those in Jaume Plensa's exhibition. Outside there were a series of figures ; some wrapped round trees, some gathered in a circle, a couple of giant head forms on top of a building which could only be seen properly at certain angles and the biggest one which i have shown to the right. All except the heads had the letter detail on them in some way or another. The others had the letters carved into them but i liked the way that in this piece the letters made up the body. The letters are in no particular order, they are just interconnected to form the shape. I thought it was quite clever how the artist had managed to create the work as the letters were hardly touching in some places yet still seemed to be able to support the structure.

Named 'The House of Knowledge', this piece makes me think about intelligence oh us as humans and how although we may think we know a lot about the world and how we will move things forward, the ideas are sometimes jumbled up and don't make sense. I get this feeling because of the letters, maybe they represent thought, and because of the way that the figures are sitting. They look quite peaceful and relaxed as if thinking about something.

This was another piece in the exhibition. This time it was just the letters themselves threaded onto to some form of string to suspend them and organised in such a way that it reminded me of a long curtain. As you stroked the strands of letters they made a noise like a wind chime, which like the figures was quite peaceful and relaxing. As i looked closer at the arrangement of the letters i realised that they were sentences, some finished and some not, that didn't really seem to make any sense.

This piece reminded me of floating thoughts or ideas that we have that make some kind of sense but arent quite there yet. The noise element makes me think about vocalising ideas to be altered and discussed.

This photo is taken from part of the silhouette collection. It looks like a sort of plan the artist may have done before creating the actual models. For these pieces it was less about their form, i really liked the quotes that the artist had used as they were inspiring and motivational and in most cases true. But i did like the way that the quotes depicted, as if the little figures were thinmking them, not necessarily speaking them.

Lastly, this piece was not part of the Jaume Plensa exhibition but it was one of my favourites. There were several of these little pots stored within a greenhouse, all using the same technique of using the letters in the word to create sentences. With it was difficult to understand whether there was a connection between the two but with this one it made me think of the whole crop circle idea of aliens leaving marks in fields of wheat. I think the whole collection seemed quite futuristic and it was like the pots were showing you ideas but in riddles.