Sarah Sze, Triple Point, at Venice Biennale 2013

The artist Sarah Sze captured my interest and imagination when I first saw her work at the Museum of Contemporary Art here in Chicago. She went on to gain notice to the extent that she represented the United States in 2013 at the Venice Bienalle, an annual international art exhibition. View the images of her installation there and read the article posted in Wired Magazine by clicking here.
 Regarding drawing, she says,
         "I think of drawing in a much wider context — I think of it as the cursor on this page, the route you walk to work, the map I just googled for directions, or the print in the label in your t-shirt. I think of drawing as lines created in space, on the page, on a screen, or just mentally and emotionally to make sense of information or to convey information. So when artists draw it’s not about the page or the hand, it’s about connecting dots and the charting of complex information in whatever form that may take"
 Considering that Sarah Sze's installations are "sculpture" comment on the way you see drawing  as it relates to her artwork.

Janine Antoni. "Lick and Lather," detail, 1993. 7 soap and 7 chocolate self-portrait busts, 24 x 16 x 13 inches each. Collection of Jeffrey Deitch, New York. Photo by John Bessler. Courtesy the artist and Luhring Augustine.

"I wanted to work with the tradition of self-portraiture, but also with the classical bust. I had the idea that I would make a replica of myself in chocolate and in soap, and I would feed myself with my self, and wash myself with my self. Both the licking and the bathing are quite gentle and loving acts, but what's interesting is that I'm slowly erasing my self through the process. So for me, it's about that conflict, that love/hate relationship we have with our physical appearance, and the problem I have with looking in the mirror and thinking, 'Is that who I am?'"
—Janine Antoni

What materials and tools do artists use to create art today? How have tools and materials for making art changed over time?

After reading the attached article: WHY WE MAKE ART?" (Click here)
select one or more of the artists whose reasons for making art are most like your own reasons.  Write and post one or two paragraphs explaining why.  If your reasons for making art are unlike any of the featured artists explain how you differ.
Your response is due by MIDNIGHT, SEPT.14.

                                                      miniature  monuments to FOOD

Why carve miniatures? Does the size of the artwork change your relationship to it? Does small artwork draw you closer to it than large artwork? Click here to look at the sculptures of two artists: Diem Chau, originally from Vietnam, and now in Seattle,Washington, and Brazilian artist Dalton Ghetti. Submit a response : Name two things that small artworks give to the viewer that big artworks do not. Explain your reasoning.

Hello Sculptors. take a look at this artwork, Lick and Lather, by Janine Antoni

Click her name to read more about Janine Antoni, and respond to this question: What are some of the reasons this artist makes self-portraits, and what are some reasons why you might also make a self-portrait ?