{"id":10307,"date":"2022-09-05T13:49:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T17:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=10307"},"modified":"2022-09-28T19:10:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T23:10:23","slug":"contemporary-sculptures-of-concrete-and-moss-by-robert-cannon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2022\/09\/05\/contemporary-sculptures-of-concrete-and-moss-by-robert-cannon\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Sculptures of Concrete and Moss by Robert Cannon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Robert Cannon<\/strong><\/em> is an American artist whose contemporary sculptures<\/strong><\/em> of concrete and moss are calling attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in Flemington, New Jersey, May 10, 1969, the artist holds a BA with distinction from Yale University. While attending Yale, Cannon studied under the American Sculptor Alice Aycock. Nature is the inspiration and foundation for Cannon\u2019s terraform sculptures. Terraform, literally translates to \u201cEarth-shaping<\/em>\u201c, the process of deliberate modification of the atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to those of Earth to make it habitable by humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sculptures of Robert Cannon bring a new sense to the naturalist art conception. Most of his installations are built from concrete, but they don\u2019t substitute the evolving natural elements \u2014 they get melted with them. These artworks have no place at museums, searching, above all, for the union between men and nature at public spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the words of the artist: \u201cI adopted the term \u2018Terraform\u2019 as it\u2019s used by the aerospace community, referring to the trial of ecologically modify a foreign body (as Mars, for example), in order to become it habitable, it means, ecologically sustainable. That\u2019s what I try to do with my works: I apply the \u2018Terraform\u2019 notion not to other planets, but to the culture of the world, in order to become it habitable. The \u2018Terraforms\u2019 refuse the production of more dying objects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Cannon\u2019s sculptures are usually installed on organic material that, fulfilling the whole internal structure of the piece through canals constructed with concrete or metal, becoming able the natural integrated growth of several kinds of plants at the sculpture. The pieces have even more irrigation canals to avoid the plants\u2019 dehydration and death. Like the gardens, \u2018Terraforms\u2019 interact with the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re watching a change on the relationship between Men and Nature and this modification will be reflected on the global art. We\u2019ve got to forget Post-Modernism; the Modernism isn\u2019t dead, Ecological Art is the next chapter of its evolution and will be seen as the great artistic stream of this century\u201d, affirms Robert Cannon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.iloboyou.com\/contemporary-sculptures-concrete-moss-robert-cannon\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Terraform by Robert Cannon: Living Concrete and Moss Sculptures<\/a><\/blockquote>