Traditional Art

The pillow as subject seems to promise intimacy or rest, yet here it is only an idea of softness — neither emotionally nor materially transformed. Nothing is being done with it.

One of the techinal aspects of sculpture is the artist’s interaction with material — how stone becomes flesh, how metal can suggest pliancy, or how touch is rendered visible. In the case of a pillow sculpture, there’s a lost opportunity to explore tactility, resistance, and transformation. Mg point is that the work’s fragility reads as a lack of engagement. The material doesn’t invite exploration; it simply claims fragility to be content. In sculptural traditions texture embodies experience — the compression of skin, the fold of cloth — this piece stops at the surface. The aesthetic effect is there but the content is lacking.

In sculpting the body, artists are always bound by a system of proportions, expectations, and recognitions — what a body should be. A pillow, by contrast, belongs to the infinite: every crease or fold can be justified (although I don't doubt his technical mastery). The pillow permits indifference for the artist, whatever is fine, there is no perfection to aim for. And this might sound like I dislike minimalist or abstract art, I dont, its some if my absolute favourite.

The pillow’s surface suggests softness, but without a counterforce, softness remains pointless. In great sculpture, touch is relational — pressure against pressure. Here, there is no resistance, no gesture, no human tension. Softness without subject.

OK there is a fold at best.

Minimalism demands restraint, but without content it is empty. There is a lack of tension or narrative.

The pillow is inherently charged with intimacy — it bears the body as its purpose. Again on its own, it is made sterile.

Any depth to the idea is forced.

I could argue for it, claiming the point is to show the existence of smth that is created for humans without any humanity. The fold shows the effect of a human but with no human there. We're focusing on absence. But the sculpture isnt forcing this thought, I'm bringing everything into this myself.

just because its not a scantily clad lady doesn't make the sculpture uninteresting. and art doesn't need to be busy to make you feel.

Very disappointed thats what you think I'm asking for.

Sometimes I visit the Christie website and think, hmmm that could be affordable. Think of it as an investment lol.

Never fallen to temptation yet.