Art
Comparing Actual Sculpture to Theory about Sculpture
Krauss begins her piece "Sculpture in the Expanded Field" by questioning what is sculpture and what is sculpture now? She recounts the ideas of other theorists and historians who claim that because anything can pass for sculpture, sculpture as a distinct artform, no longer exists. Krauss adamantly argues the opposite. She claims that the world and the artistic community is very much aware of what sculpture is explaining that sculpture has its own logic. (Krauss, 1979) She also describes sculpture as it relates to monument, as they are both commemorative representations (Krauss, 1979)
As the concept of sculpture expands, Krauss contends that most sculpture diverges between the logic and permanence of a monument and a homelessness, loss of place, or how she characterizes sculpture's entrance into modernism. (Krauss, 1979)...
She also describes its opposites; sculpture that is non-landscape and non-architecture. (Krauss, 1979) Krauss circumscribes the world of sculpture and ways in which sculptors engage space and the audience. She defines and redefines what sculpture is and the methods of expression or communication within the field of sculpture. The new spaces and forms of sculpture is what Krauss refers to when she calls upon the expanded field. She concludes the piece with mention the recent unification or manifestation of postmodernism in sculpture. (Krauss, 1979)
Mary Miss may be one of the sculptors Krauss mentions who creates pieces and audiences do not understand which part of the work is the sculpture. Miss' works challenge traditional concepts of sculpture and…
