Art Exhibition Review: Valerie Andrianoff Essay -- Valerie Andrianoff

The Gallery presented a set of bronze sculptures made by a French artist called Valerie Andrianoff. Vals working of art can be perceived as a search for counterpoise and stability as the heading of this exhibition has already suggested The Balance of Life (Byrs-Lasquier, n.d.). In the following, a few of her works will be selected to illustrate what kind of ideas she is trying to pack and how I feel about these sculptures.Most of the human figures created by Val are small. We can rarely see their facial expression. Most of the concourse may find out them not beautiful, but through the figures and their body movements, artists idea of presenting balance really achieves. Like the two Small Round Table (Fig. 1 & 2), the figure is slim and slender who tries to balance the body in a whirling or rotating table, echoing the name of this exhibition The Balance of Life. It seems that these two works of art try to show people in this fast changing and spinning world have to take the firs t step to seek the symmetry when finding their own role. The movements of the two figures are also like touching a water surface and make it swirls, creating a special visual printing that is pleasant to look at. The images of circle appear quite frequently in Vals bronze sculptures. For instance, Loneliness (Fig. 3) shows a human being surrounds by a number of circles that give an impression to resemble our round-shaped world. This work of art looks as if the person is in his own mental world with no other people present. As the name of this work suggests, this person is probably in a state of loneliness and meditates in this revolving world. Loneliness too creates a sense of balance when putting a small and slim figure on a strip of circle. Running In A... ...he human beings. Sometimes leaving the reality and trying to meditate or think of our roles in the real world may be another kind of psychotherapy to help us to achieve a balance in our life. Works CitedByrs-Lasquier, P. (n.d.). Retrieved December 3, 2009, from http//www.sculptureval.com/index.shtmlFichner-Rathus, L. (1998). Understanding Art (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N. J. Prentice Hall.Winckelmann, J. (1764). The History of Ancient Art. In L. Eitner (Ed.), Neoclassicism and Romanticism 1750-1850 (pp. 16-19). New York harper & Row. Fine Arts Interactive Visual Archive Image (n.d.). Retrieved December 3, 2009, from http//finearts.hku.hk/faiva/slides/imagepop/3871Wellington Gallery Image (n.d.). Retrieved December 3, 2009, from http//www.wellingtongallery.com.hk/exhibitions/ http//www.wellingtongallery.com.hk/artists/of/the/month/