Born in 1955 in Pasadena, California, Barry X Ball received his BA in Pomona College. He uses the forms and techniques of traditional sculpture and combines them with modern production technology. By using the CNC milling technique and digital technology to document and reproduce iconic classical artworks and portrait busts. As he recreates the sculptures, he edits the sculptures, providing new pedestals and edits out the blemishes. His work has been exhibited internationally. He now currently resides in New York.
Ball's use of semi-precious natural stone for these classical sculptures is intriguing. The texture from these materials breathe new life into the sculpture forms so familiar to so many of us. I find it amusing that he corrects the blemishes of these sculptures from the master artists. I was originally more drawn to Ana England's work, but I was drawn to the use of natural stone in his sculptures, and when I read that he "completes" the sculptures I was sold. He challenges the artist's work by recreating
If Barry X Ball was in our class, I think he would look at ways to create texture, through painting, our applying textures layers that mimic the stone texture on top. Or he may go as far as to creating his sculpture in a different material, or printing clay from a 3D printer.
Ball's use of semi-precious natural stone for these classical sculptures is intriguing. The texture from these materials breathe new life into the sculpture forms so familiar to so many of us. I find it amusing that he corrects the blemishes of these sculptures from the master artists. I was originally more drawn to Ana England's work, but I was drawn to the use of natural stone in his sculptures, and when I read that he "completes" the sculptures I was sold. He challenges the artist's work by recreating
If Barry X Ball was in our class, I think he would look at ways to create texture, through painting, our applying textures layers that mimic the stone texture on top. Or he may go as far as to creating his sculpture in a different material, or printing clay from a 3D printer.