Event #4
I went to Judith Hopf’s exhibit at the Hammer Museum for my final event. As soon as I walked in I saw numerous sculptures made up of brick and cement holding them together. I really appreciated how Hopf creates her sculptures with raw materials from the hardware store. This inspires me to believe that I can make beautiful sculptures. I found it interesting how each sculpture had a different finish. For example, the penguin sculpture (my favorite) had a very smooth body and beak but its arms seemed like they were hand molded. This sculpture looks like it took a lot of time to sand down and perfect. The feet look like they were chiseled into shape where you can see the air pockets in the feet which show dimension and depth. Penguin sculpture Feet sculptures I found the ropes hanging In the corner of the room remarkable. It was a stark difference to the rigid brick and concrete I the center of the room. Ropes hanging from the