Titled "Sculpture - Metaphor and Meaning," this week's symposium covered the many different types of processes, mediums, and symbols behind sculptures.The symposium was led by Karen McCoy and Michael Wickerson, both leaders in the sculpture department of KCAI. The symposium illustrated how sculpture has evolved along with the availability of different mediums today. Sculptors are no longer limited to earthen materials such as clay or stone, and are now on a limitless field as to what medium they can used. Various mediums that have been explored by sculptures include fabrics, synthetic metals, glass, fibers, and recycled materials. The symposium also sought to convey how sculpture can be seen in more unconventional formats, such as architecture and hearing devices. Although curious in their forms, this does not take away from the symbolic nature of sculptures, which can be used to bring light to a social issue or personal stance of the artist.
While the subject of the symposium was very interesting in itself, the presentation was done poorly and taught me very little of the sculpting department itself. Both McCoy and Wickerson had opened the symposium claiming to discuss the sculpting department, but what I received was a slideshow of different sculptures with McCoy or Wickerson discussing why they liked them. Aside from that, it was a chance for both McCoy and Wickerson to merely display their own artwork without really giving me any details as to why that should sway me (or any other student in the matter) to major in sculpting. Despite the interesting subject, the presentation was done extremely poorly, failed to provide me insight into the sculpting department, and turned into a "look at this pretty sculpture and this is why I like it" presentation.
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