Art History
Exploring the bizarre and beautiful legacy of Art.
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Despite his growing fame, Giacometti often found himself dissatisfied with his sculptures, especially their scale. He famously recounted how, after World War II, he tried sculpting from memory but found that every time he worked on a figure, it became smaller and thinner. At one point, his figures were so tiny—some just a few centimeters tall—that he could carry an entire collection in a matchbox. This was not a deliberate artistic choice at first; he simply felt that the closer he got to reality, the smaller his sculptures became.
This crisis of perception lasted for years, and Giacometti even claimed that his most acclaimed works were merely incomplete attempts at capturing what he truly saw. Yet, his elongated, fragile figures became some of the most iconic sculptures of the 20th century, precisely because they embodied the existential themes of isolation, resilience, and the struggle to represent the human form. 2 replies
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