Use of The Base in the Captive Series Sculptures by Mark Lindquist
The Base
Mark Lindquist began mounting vessels and other
turned and carved forms on bases in the early 80s to further disassociate the
created object from the historical treatment of the bowl and to assure the
proper positioning of the sculpture towards the viewer. Placing a bowl on a
base, which is normally viewed as a sculptural element, contributed toward
viewing the vessel in a new light. Lindquist explains it this way: “As they say
now in the computer industry; ‘think outside the box’; I said then, ‘think
outside the bowl.’ It became a challenge to view the vessel form as a language
and suddenly I found myself thinking of these new sculptures as self-portraits
with a language all their own (owing, of course, to the masters of modern
sculpture from whom I learned the virtues and advantages of the base).”
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Early 80’s
Lindquist Pieces Mounted on Bases
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