Modesto Junior College Art Report

I visited the Modesto Junior College Art Gallery, it is located on the East Campus in Modesto. The title of the artwork presented that day was “Geometries in Cold Welded Steel.” This artwork was presented by the artist Tom Duchscher. Duchscher has been teaching design, sculpture, and ceramics at MJC for the past 40 years. His work has been exhibited throughout northern California and pacific northwest. For the past four decades Duchscher has dealt with the exploration of geometric forms and has focused on the element of line. This has allowed him to create illusionary and actual phenomenon. The use of linear parallel in his artwork has lead to an investigation in space, since the three-dimensional forms seem to be two-dimensional depending on certain angles people view the sculpture. The artist is concerned with the three-dimensional existence compared to their two dimensional aspects and illusionistic qualities. Duchscher mentioned that his sculptures are visual experiences in themselves and are subject to change with both the environment and the observer. A piece of artwork that attracted my attention was called “Rhombus Cubis III.” The subject of the piece of art is a geometric sculpture. The appearance of this artwork was made of welded steel in a silver color. It was two cubes attached together and when I observed it from different angles I noticed that in the middle of the two cubes it formed a smaller cube in the inside. I am not sure how big it was, but it was probably approximately 24 inches by 24 inches. I found this piece of art the most interesting because when I would stare at it there was so many ways to observe it unfortunately the picture I took from the art piece it is difficult to observe all the angles of the sculpture . The Elements of Art used in the “Rhombus Cubis III” are form, line, and space. The first type of element form is used in this piece of art because it is a three-dimensional work of art and it has height, width and depth. The second element of art is line it is used in this piece of artwork because it creates illusionistic qualities. Space is another element of art used in this artwork because it is three-dimensional and it creates illusion of depth at different angles. For example, when I was staring at the sculpture I noticed some parts where there was more depth …show more content…
He is trying to get the viewer to think out side of the box and observe the geometric form of the sculpture by observing all angles. The way the viewer sees it in my opinion is how capable they are to understand the interaction of the parallel lines and the three-dimensional forms in his artwork. The artist used the elements of art in his artwork by including the environment because this allows the viewer to see an ordinary art into something more pleasurable and functional by providing different focal points. In other words, a simple piece of art can have different functions depending on the environment and how the person views a certain sculpture. Furthermore, the artist used the element of art to enhance his artwork by providing three-dimensional form in his sculpture and by using the element of line to create illusion and depth when observing his artwork from different