Statement of purpose

This sculpture created by Julius Schmidt is a very interesting sculpture. It's title is Untitled Relief which gives you much to infer about its name. The word "Relief" which is a type of sculpting where a modelled form is raised, or, in a sunken-relief, lowered, from a plane from which the main elements of the composition project. when viewing this sculpture I think you need to take this into mind, schmidt wanted you to know this was a relief sculpture. Relief sculptures are often uesed to display a scene or send a message. In this case I think Schmidt wants you to take the message anyway you feel hence the name "Untitled" giving you the power to name this sculpture anyway you please. Schmidt who is a midwest sculpter likes to create pieces with used industrial metal like he did in this work. The sculpture which is made of iron has been weathered and changed from being outside in the elements. This the sculpter would have taken into thought knowing his sculpture would be displayed outside. Then the aspect of this sculpture changing from the elements acts as nature being a sculpter of the peice. There is a medium between the original sculpter and the natural sculpter, this piece is still being sculpted as we speak. By this i mean its color and look is ever changing because of the chemical process of the water meeting the iron. This says alot about the sculpture as it is never really done changing, it is constantly changing asteticaly in color and feature. A person who viewed this sculpture right after its completion would view this sculpture completly different now. If this sculpture had been left inside it would be a totaly different sculpture asteticaly.

When looking at this sculpture you must also look into all the different shapes and designs in the sculpture. There all few places of visual hiarchy when looking at this sculpture. There are three of these spots and they all depict large circles that dont really fit with the flow of the piece. The sculpture itself almost looks like a circit board or a futureistic city. This sculpture was made in 1961 which is far of from the time of a city scape like the one this piece could be dipicting. This whole piece is boxed in then inside the work there are more boxed in frames. It as if it is many little sculptures come together and make it whole.

"Untitled Relief" is a very deciving piece of work at first glance you must look into it more indepth before judging it. One might first look at it and say its just an abstract piece of metal hanging on the wall, but its not there is much more to it. It is an ever changing creation of man and nature that is there for anyone to view. A person can take in and understand the work however they like but you must first take its context into the equation before hand or else you can misjudge the work for what it is.