titled Historia: Naturalia Et Artificialia. This truly talented and unique artist uses natural and recycled materials native to the islands of Hawaii to investigate regeneration in nature and man's connection to this cycle. Miyano expresses his art through metaphor and respect for his materials which is both appropriate and successful in communicating his ideas of man's relationship to nature and how it is recycled and continuously changing throughout the process of life.Although the collection is small, four pieces total, each piece reflects Miyano's great appreciation for our natural environment and his deep fascination with how we fit into it. The piece to the left titled Ars Sacra is a great example of how metaphor is used to explain this relationship. The sculpture is made from burnt redwood recycled from a fence, copper, driftwood and a leaf insect. To me, it symbolizes how man and nature share the process of growth. The natural form of the wood represents nature and the manipulated wood in the form of a hand, represents man. Supported by both is the form of a seed or an embryo with a sign of life inside.
Leland Miyano's use of materials as part of the subject matter of his art is genius. His approach to communicating his artistic pursuit is interesting and fun to try to figure out. My only complaint is why only four? I want more.
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Muku: The Dark of the Moon (left),
burnt poplar, antique tooth
Iliahi (right), burnt poplar wood, oak broom, driftwood, burnt redwood, granite boundary marker
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2 comments:
I agree that Leland Miyano’s sculptures are very beautiful and interesting. I love how he builds on the idea of working with found objects. Assemblage dates back to 1912 and the Synthetic Cubist movement when Picasso and Braque first encorporated newspaper, sand and other objects they found in their surroundings into their paintings. Miyano has made this technique his own by using found objects in nature to make a statement about the environment and man’s relationship with it. I really loved the pieces Iliahi and Ars Sacra and their natural organic yet deliberate feel. I agree with the writer in wanting to see more work from this artist. I also would love to see his landscape designs.
Thanks so much for sharing Miyano's works. I find very interesting that the most creative arts always come from nature. Compared to the Greek sculptures,the materials and content of Miyano's really merge together. Such a way of creating arts has been very popular in the modern day. I think it's because the development of art, especially in the technological aspect, has reached a very high level that many artists began to "think back." That I believe is also the reason why the art works by Miyano are so impressive and successful at first sight. In fact, I think that human are a part of the nature so that all the works involves with nature have some advantages to attract the viewers. This might be a very unclear statement... However, I think Miyano's works indeed show the ability to create and get into the nature, at the same time, using the nature as a media.
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