Video: The web spun by Scott Hove. The art of knots
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Nature is brilliant. She does not create anything ugly or imperfect, everything in her is harmonious and beautiful. Every blade of grass, every petal, every insect is already a work of art. Apparently, this is why people copy natural masterpieces: they try to learn to whistle like a nightingale, swim like a fish, and weave a web like a spider. So, the artist Scott Hove from Auckland was very successful in this occupation: his unusual installations of threads and ropes are popular not only in Canada, but also far beyond its borders. Born and raised by Scott Hove in San Francisco, he graduated from the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1990, but still considers himself a self-taught artist. And while Scott makes excellent sculptures, he also masters the art of drawing and installation. In particular, the cobweb installations mentioned at the beginning of the publication Rope works /
Shoelaces, wires, twines, threads and even ropes - everything that can be tied into a knot is used by the author to prepare his braided webs. So he prepares for exhibitions - like a spider lovingly weaving webs, hoping that they will catch a juicy, mouth-watering butterfly, dragonfly or fly. And people really "fly" on the net like enchanted moths. And bam - they get stuck up to their ears.
In the archives of the "spider" artist there are a lot of interesting works. They all travel around the world from time to time, but photos of rope cobwebs can be seen on his website.
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