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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

BALANCE!



This sculpture is an example of balancing color asymmetrically. The smaller red cherry has more visual weight than the neutral grey of the spoon, even though the spoon is larger than the cherry.

Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, Spoonbridge and Cherry, 1985-1988, Aluminum, stainless steel, paint, Walker Art Center, Gift of Frederick R. Weisman in honor of his parents, William and Mary Weisman

 
- Spoonbridge and Cherry 




Balance Definition-

-Two-dimensional works of art such as paintings, prints and photographs use the            principle of balance to organize objects and shapes in a composition.

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