Sodium Dreams
 
This is probably the best piece of outsider contemporary sculpture I’ve ever seen. As a collection of industrial material samples (anodized aluminum extrusion profiles), it is perfectly banal. But viewed as sculpture, the assemblage of ready-made materials, arranged with a certain practical intention—but not with attention to the artistic qualities of form and color—has power precisely because its beauty was unintended.

Are there other unintended sculptures out there?

This is probably the best piece of outsider contemporary sculpture I’ve ever seen. As a collection of industrial material samples (anodized aluminum extrusion profiles), it is perfectly banal. But viewed as sculpture, the assemblage of ready-made materials, arranged with a certain practical intention—but not with attention to the artistic qualities of form and color—has power precisely because its beauty was unintended.

Are there other unintended sculptures out there?

Aug 26, 2012 #sculpture#outsider#art2 notes